Diocese of
NORTHERN INDIANA
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ANNUAL COUNCIL
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NOTE
The Financial Reports, Records of Ser¬
vices, and Official Acts published in
this Journal are in each case for the year
shown from January 1st to December
31st, unless otherwise indicated.
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Journal of Proceedings
of the
Forty- Seventh
Annual Council
of the
DIOCESE of NORTHERN INDIANA
Which Met in
Saint Thomas’ Episcopal Church, Plymouth, Indiana
Wednesday, May 2nd,
1945
CONTENTS
Page
Diocesan Directory _ _ _ 3
Official List of the Clergy _ 8
Official List of Parishes and Missions _ 10
Rules of Order of the Annual Council _ 11
Minutes of the Forty-Seventh Council _ _ _ 14
The Bishop’s Address _ 20
Summary of the Official Acts of the Bishop _ 27
War Committee on Conventions _ 28
Report of the Committee on Credentials _ 28
Report of the Archdeacon _ 28
Report of the Committee on the Bishop’s Address _ 29
Report of the Standing Committee of the Diocese _ 29
Report of the Committee on Unfinished Business _ 3 0
Report of the Bishop and Council _ 30
Diocesan Expense Budget for the Year 1946 _ 3 5
Report of the Department of Missions _ 3 6
Report of the Field Department _ 3 7
Report of the Diocesan Committee on Youth Work _ 3 9
Report of the Howe Summer Conference _ 39
Report of Committee on Church School Work _ 40
Report of Finance Committee _ 41
Report of Department of Christian Social Relations _ 42
Report of Committee on “Forward in Service’’ _ • _ 4 2
Report of the Board of Examining Chaplains _ 42
Report of the Department of Publicity _ 42
Report on the Church Pension Fund _ 43
Report of the Diocesan Army and Navy Commission _ 4 3
Report of the Treasurer of the Army and Navy Commission - 4 3
Report of the Committee on Canons _ 44
Report of the General Convention _ 44
Amendments to the Constitution _ 44
Report of the State of the Church in the Diocese _ 46
Report of the Trustees _ 46
Report of the Treasurer of the Diocese - 47
Report of the Treasurer of the Missionary Fund - - - 5 7
Parochial Reports — Parish Directory - 61
Parochial Reports — Spiritualities _ 66
Parochial Reports — Financial Receipts - 68
Parochial Reports — Financial Disbursements - 70
Parochial Reports — Valuation of Church Property - 72
THE DIOCESE OF NORTHERN INDIANA
(Organized 1899)
THE BISHOP
THE RIGHT REVEREND REGINALD MALLETT, D.D., S.T.D.
710 Lincoln Way East, Mishawaka, Indiana
THE STANDING COMMITTEE
The Reverend Robert J. Murphy, President, Howe
The Reverend Don H. Copeland, South Bend
The Reverend Harold G. Kappes, South Bend
The Reverend James E. Foster, Gary
The Reverend Leslie Skerry Olsen, Elkhart
SECRETARY
The Very Reverend Erland L. Groton, Mishawaka
616 Lincoln Way East
ASSISTANT SECRETARY
The Reverend Harold G. Kappes, South Bend
REGISTRAR
The Reverend Peter Langendorff, Hammond
TREASURER OF THE DIOCESE
Major James H. Haberly, Fort Wayne
721 Court Street
TREASURER OF MISSIONARY FUNDS
Mr. Donald B. Smith, Mishawaka
417 Edgewater Dr.
ASST. TREASURER OF MISSIONARY FUNDS
Mr. Charles M. Richardson, Mishawaka
R. R. 1, Dragoon Trail
CHANCELLOR OF THE DIOCESE
The Honorable Gilbert A. Elliott, South Bend
424 J. M. S. Building
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DIOCESE OF NORTHERN INDIANA
BOARD OF EXAMINING CHAPLAINS
The Reverend Peter Langendorff, Chairman, Hammond
The Reverend Dom Paul Severance, O.S.B., Valparaiso
The Reverend J. McNeal Wheatley, Fort Wayne
The Reverend Russell G. Flagg, Michigan City
TRUSTEES OF THE DIOCESE OF NORTHERN INDIANA
A CORPORATION
EX-OFFICIO MEMBERS
THE RIGHT REVEREND REGINALD MALLETT, D.D., S.T.D.
Bishop of the Diocese
MAJOR JAMES H. HABERLY, Treasurer of the Diocese
THE HON GILBERT A. ELLIOTT, Chancellor of the Diocese
ELECTED MEMBERS
Mr. Hal McCann, Elkhart (Retiring 194 6)
Mr. Charles M. Richardson, Mishawaka (Retiring 194 7)
Mr. Urlin K. Becker, Kokomo (Retiring 19 4 8)
FINANCE COMMITTEE OF THE DIOCESE
Mr. Seth F. Green, Fort Wayne, Chairman
Major James H. Haberly, Fort Wayne, Treasurer of the Diocese
Mr. Donald B. Smith, Mishawaka, Treasurer of Missionary Funds
Mr. Leonard Brooks, Goshen
Mr. Arthur L. May, South Bend
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THE CATHEDRAL CHAPTER
EX-OFFICIO MEMBERS
The Right Reverend Reginald Mallett, D.D., S.T.D., Bishop
The Very Reverend Erland L. Groton, B.D., Dean
The Honorable Gilbert A. Elliott, Chancellor
ELECTED BY THE CATHEDRAL PARISH
Mr. Gerald N. Grove Mr. Donald R. Hirsch
Mr. Robert M. Barber Mr. Wilfred N. Brubaker
Mr. Albert W. Geist Mr. Donald B. Smith
Mr. DeWitt Eggleston
Honorary Member, Mr. Joseph Riggs
ELECTED BY THE DIOCESE
The Rev. Don H. Copeland Mr. E. C. Borneman
The Rev. Robert J. Murphy Mr. Frank H. Whitmore
THE BISHOP AND COUNCIL
EX-OFFICIO MEMBERS
The Right Reverend Reginald Mallett, D.D., S.T.D., President
The Very Reverend Erland L. Groton, B.D., Secretary of the Diocese
Major James H. Haberly, Treasurer of the Diocese
Mr. Donald B. Smith, Treasurer of Missionary Funds
The Honorable Gilbert A. Elliott, Chancellor of the Diocese
ELECTED MEMBERS
(Retiring
The Rev. Leslie S. Olsen
The Rev. Harold G. Kappes
The Rev. Russell G. Flagg
(Retiring
The Rev. Don H. Copeland
The Rev. Peter Langendorlf
The Rev. Leo K. D. Patterson
(Retiring
The Rev. Robert J. Murphy
The Rev. James E. Foster
The Rev. J. McNeal Wheatley
1946)
Mr. George U. Bingham *
Mr. Glenn R. Sawyer
Mr. Arthur L. May
1947)
Mr. Seth F. Green
Mr. Leonard Brooks
Col. B. B. Bouton
1948)
Major Frank M. Little
Mr. Edgar Lehman
Mr. E. Lacy Gibson
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DIOCESE OF NORTHERN INDIANA
DEPARTMENTS OF THE BISHOP AND COUNCIL
Department of Missions
Mr. George U. Bingham, Chairman
The Rev. J. McNeal Wheatley Mr. Donald B. Smith
The Rev. Peter Langendorff Mr. Charles M. Richardson
The Rev. Don H. Copeland Mr. Glenn R. Sawyer
The Very Rev. Erland L. Groton, Secretary
Department of Christian Education
The Reverend Russell G. Flagg, Chairman
The Committee on the Howe Summer Conference for Young People —
The Bishop of the Diocese, The Rt. Rev. Reginald Mallett, D.D.
The Committee on Church School Work —
The Rev. Harold G. Kappes, Chairman
The Committee on Youth Work —
The Rev. Russell G. Flagg, Chairman
The Rev. Leo K. D. Patterson The Very Rev. Erland L. Groton
The Rev. William Sheridan Col. B. B. Bouton
The Committee on Adult Education and the Howe Summer
Conference for Adults —
The Rev.1 Jan
lYWAfH'
Chairman
Major Frank'-M. Little
Mrs. F. B. Lewis
Department of Christian Social Relations
The Reverend James E. Foster, Chairman
The Rev. Leo K. D. Patterson Col. Burrett B. Bouton
Mrs. Lawrence C. Ferguson
Miss Bertha J. Medsker
Miss Marion Moore
Department of Publicity
The Reverend Leslie S. Olsen, Chairman
The Rev. Robert J. Murphy*
Department of
Mrs. Ruth P. Cramer .
Mrs. Adam Zachary*
Finance
Mr. Seth F. Green, Chairman,
Major James H. Haberly, Dioc. Treas. Mr. Leonard Brooks •
Mr. Donald B. Smith, Missionary Treas. Mr. Arthur L. May.
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Field ^epartment
The Reverend Don H. Copeland, Chairman*
The Rev. Leo K. D. Patterson.
The Rev. J. McNeal Wheatley*
The Rev. Leslie S. Olsen*
Mr. Edgar Lehman t
Mr. E. Lacy Gibson#
Mrs. F. B. Lewisj^^
Forward in Service Commission
The Rev. Peter Langendorff, Chairman
The Rev. Harold G. Kappes, Secretary.
Army and Navy Committee
The Reverend Jwn«e-M u hdju~l , Chairman^
STANDING COMMITTEES
(To Report to the Council of 1946X
CREDENTIALS
* fi %The Very Reverend Erland L. Groton.
N/ 101 \J‘s*S Secretary of the Diocese —
V^he Reverend Dom Francis Hilary Bacon, O.S.B.
Mr. Frank H. Whitmore*
ADMISSION OF NEW PARISHES
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he Department of Missions*
[The Department of Finance
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CONSTITUTION AND CANONS
The Hon. Gilbert A. Elliott, Chairman
The Rev. Harold G. Kappes.
The Rev. Don H. Copeland.
Mr. E. Spencer Walton.
Mr. Arthur L. May,
THE FINANCE COMMITTEE
The Department of Finance^
THE STATE OF THE CHURCH
The Field Department^
CHURCH PENSION FUND
Mr. Edgar Lehman, Elkhart*
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DIOCESE OF NORTHERN INDIANA
DIOCESE OF NORTHERN INDIANA
OFFICIAL LIST OF THE CLERGY
In the Order of Their Canonical Residence
May 2, 1945
Year Name How or Whence
BISHOP: Received Date
1944 Mallett, Reginald, D.D., S.T.D - Consecrated _ Oct. 2 5
1918 Smith, Edwin E., Pastor Emeritus,
Trinity Church, South Bend, Ind. -Ordained _ Nov. 7
19 20 Foster, James E., Rector Christ
Church, Gary - Chicago __ September 13
1921 Langendorff, Peter, Rector Emeri¬
tus, St. Paul’s, Hammond _ Springfield _ Jan. 2 8
1921 ** Jennings, Earl T., Principal Junior
School, Howe _ Ordained _ Dec. 14
1927 Childs, George J., Rector St. Paul’s
Church, LaPorte _ Minnesota _ April 21
19 28 **Hoffenbacher, William Edward,
Rector, Good Shepherd, East Chi¬
cago _ Milwaukee _ Jan. 3
19 32 Wheatley, J. McNeal, Rector,
Trinity Church, Fort Wayne _ Chicago _ Nov. 2
19 34 Murphy, Robert J., D.D., Rector St.
Mark’s, Chaplain St. James, Howe_ Lexington _ Sept. 30
19 38 Kappes, Harold G., Priest-in-charge,
Trinity Church, South Bend _ Fond-du-lac _ Nov. 31
19 39 Patterson, Leo K. D., Rector, St.
James’, Goshen; Priest-in-charge,
St. John’s, Bristol _ Oxford, England. April 17
19 3 9 Severance, Dom Paul, 0. S. B.,
Priest-m-charge St. Andrew’s, Val¬
paraiso, St. Stephen’s, Hobart, and
St. Augustine’s, Gary _ Milwaukee _ April 25
19 39 Lewis, Gerald Horton, Rector, St.
Andrew’s Church, Kokomo _ Southern Ohio __ June 2 4
1940 Reimer, Clarence Charles, Rector,
Trinity, Logansport; Supplying,
Trinity Church, Peru, and St.
Mary’s Church, Delphi _ Northern Mich. .October 1
1941 Bacon, Dom Francis Hilary, O.S.B.
Priest Assistant, St. Augustine’s,
Gary, and St. Stephen’s, Hobart ..Fond du Lac __ March 28
1942 Groton, Erland L., Dean, St. Paul’s
Pro-Cathedral, Mishawaka; Secre¬
tary of the Diocese _ Milwaukee _ Oct. 12
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Year
Name
How or Whence
Received
Date
1943
Copeland, Don H., Rector,
James, South Bend
St.
Ohio
March 2
1943
Flagg, Russell G., Rector, Trinity
Church, Michigan City
Chicago
May 1
1943
Olsen, Leslie Skerry, Rector,
John’s Church, Elkhart
St.
Eau Claire
Sept. 3 0
1944
Mosier, Bruce Bickel, Deacon,
John’s Bristol
St.
Ordained-Deacon
_May 2 5
1944
Brittain, Gail Colyer, Curate,
Trinity Church, Fort Wayne
Ordained
Dec. 17
1945
Sheridan, William C. R., Rector,
Gethsemane, Marion; Priest-in-
charge, St. Luke’s, Hartford City,
and St. Paul’s Gas City _ Maryland _ Jan. 16
**On leave of absence serving as Chaplain with the Army or
Navy of the United States.
NON-PAROCHIAL LIST OF CLERGY
1935
*Maddox, Charles Delano, Chicago
Quincy
Dec. 19
1935
*Drake, Francis A., Holy Cross,
West Park, New York
Milwaukee
April 9
1945
*Harris, William Edward, O.H.C.,
Kailahun, Sierra Leone, West
Africa
Ordained
Jan. 6
Kuhns, John Elliott, 3216 AItgeld
St., Chicago. Canonically resident
in the Diocese of Chicago, Officiat¬
ing by Permission at the Church
of the Good Shepherd, East Chi¬
cago, Ind. _
In Military Service, Having Resigned Their Cures
19 3 7 Stewart, Virgil P.,
Chaplain, U. S. Navy _ Kansas _ Febr. 11
19 3 9 Croft, Sydney Hugh Brice,
Chaplain, U. S. Army _ Milwaukee _ June 2 0
1941 Elliott, Samuel Hannah Norman,
Chaplain, U. S. Army _ Ordained _ June 6
CANDIDATES FOR HOLY ORDERS
DeGolier, James Richard; Elkhart
Bozarth, Frank Harry; Mishawaka
Olston, Gordon Rhodes; South Bend
*Not present at this Council.
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DIOCESE OF NORTHERN INDIANA
PARISHES AND MISSIONS
With a List of the Lay Delegates to this Council
ORGANIZED PARISHES
BRISTOL
St. John’s (1843)
Charles Hout
*Percy Hilbish
* Loren Wayne
DELPHI
St. Mary’s (1843)
ELKHART
St. John’s (1808)
E. C. Borneman, Sr.
G. R. Sawyer
E. A. Lehman
FORT WAYNE
Trinity (1844)
Seth F. Green
A. F. Peddie
R. W. Paul
GOSHEN
St. James’ (18 59)
Milton M. Latta
William Latta
Ray Boutillier
HAMMOND
St. Paul’s (189 9)
S. C. Higgins
J. W. Yant
J. M. Bodman
HOWE
St. Mark’s (185 2)
Frank M. Little
Paul A. Atwater
Col. B. B. Bouton
KOKOMO
St. Andrew’s ( 19 2 2)
Urline K. Becker
^Charles E. Bailey
LA PORTE
St. Pau ’s ( 3 S 3 9 )
George F. Ellis
William H. Chulip
*Elwood 0. Haun
MARION
Gethsemane (1890)
Lewis Cole
Wilmer Wilson
* Edward Curtis
MICHIGAN CITY
Trinity (1839)
Warren E. Carpenter
Martee Dahlquist
E. Ray Funderburk
MISHAWAKA
St. Paul’s (183 7)
Gerald N. Grove
Albert W. Geist
Alfred S. Ostrom
PERU
Trinity (18 70)
James McCutcheon
*B. A. Smith
*W. M. O’Brian
PLYMOUTH
St. Thomas’ (18 61)
Harry Lackey
Walter Glaub
Noble Walmer
SOUTH BEND
St. James’ (1879)
George U. Bingham
Arthur L. May
Joseph D. Wolma
GARY
Christ Church (19 0 8)
Paul King
*N. M. Campbell (Dr.)
R. M. Herold
LOGANSPORT
Trinity (1841)
W. E. Ranke
Rupert Esser
J. R. Gustafson
EAST CHICAGO INDIANA HARBOR
Good Shepherd (1920) St. Alban’s (1924)
E. Lacy Gibson
Robert B. Golding-
Frank H. Whitmore
MISSIONS, ORGANIZED AND UNORGANIZED
GARRETT
Emmanuel (1876)
(none present)
HARTFORD CITY
St. Luke’s (1916)
*John S. Gillard
HUNTINGTON
Christ Church (18 8 2)
No Report
GAS CITY
St. Paul’s (3 896)
Stanley F. Lewis
HOBART
St. Stephen’s (1914)
*Fred Ruchti, Jr.
KENDALLVILLE
Trinity (18 92)
No Report
SOUTH BEND
Holy Trinity (1913)
John Bernat
GARY HOWE
St. Augustine’s (19 28) St. James’
Fritz Alexander No Report
* Not present at this Council.
VALPARAISO
St. Andrew’s (1900)
Glen Dean
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RULES OF ORDER
FOR CONDUCTING THE BUSINESS OF THE COUNCIL
ADOPTED NOVEMBER 12, 1902
(With Amendments to 1932)
Rule I. After divine service, the President shall take the chair
and call the Council to order.
Rule II. The Secretary of the Council, if present (if not, the
Secretary of the Standing Committee of the Diocese), shall call the
names of the Clergy entitled to seats, and enter on the minutes the
names of those present.
Rule III. The Secretary shall call the names of the lay dele¬
gates of the Parishes entitled to representation, whose certificates
shall have been presented to him.
Rule IV. The President shall appoint a Committee on Creden¬
tials to receive, examine, and report on the credentials of lay dele¬
gates.
Rule V. The Secretary shall call the names of such lay dele¬
gates as shall have been reported by the Committee on Credentials
and adopted by the Council, and enter the names of those present
on the minutes.
Rule VI. A quorum of both Orders being present, the President
shall declare the Council organized for business.
Rule VII. The Council shall then proceed to election, by ballot,
of a Secretary, who, being chosen, shall have the power to appoint
an assistant, with the concurrence of the council.
Rule VIII. The Bishop shall then deliver his annual address.
Rule IX. Nominations shall then be made for all elective offices
of the Council. The Secretary shall have the nominations printed on
ballots for the use of the Council before the afternoon session. The
elections shall be the Order of the Day at 2:00 o’clock p. m. The
regular Order of Business shall continue, as far as possible, during
the elections.
Rule X. Reports shall then be presented in the following order:
1. Report of the Standing Committee on Unfinished Business.
2. Report of the Standing Committee on Admission of New
Parishes.
3. Report of the Archdeacon.
4. Report of the Standing Committee of the Diocese.
5. Report of the Bishop and Council.
6. Report of the Finance Committee.
7. Report of the Treasurer of the Diocese.
8. Report of the Treasurer of Missionary Funds.
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9. Report of the Committee on Audit and Accounts.
10. Report of the Department of Missions and Church Extension.
11. Report of the Department of Religious Education.
12. Report of the Department of Christian Social Service.
13. Report of the Field Department.
14. Report of the Department of Publicity.
15. Report of the Standing Committee on Constitution and
Canons.
16. Report of the Standing Committee on the State of the
Church.
17. Report of the Standing Committee on the Church Pension
Fund.
18. Report of the Board of Examining Chaplains of the Diocese.
19. Report of the Registrar.
2 0. Reports of Special Committees.
Rule XI. Elections shall be the Order of the Day at two o’clock
p. m. of the first day of the Council as follows: The Standing Com¬
mittee of the Diocese; Diocesan Officers; Members of the Bishop and
Council; Deputies and Alternates to the Synod of the Province of
the Mid- West; Deputies and Alternates to the General Convention;
a Board of Examining Chaplains (nominated by the Bishop).
Rule XII. Before the close of the Council the Bishop shall ap¬
point the Standing Committees provided for bv Title I, Canon II,
Section 7, and such other officers as he has to appoint.
Rule XIII. At each session the business of the Council shall be
called and acted upon in the following order, unless changed by vote
of the Council.
1. The Roll Call.
2. Reading the Minutes.
3. Communications from the President.
4. Reports in their order as in Rule X.
5. Miscellaneous Business.
Rule XIV. When the President takes the Chair, no member shall
continue standing, or shall afterwards stand, unless to address the
Chair.
Rule XV. In case the Bishop shall withdraw temporarily from
the sitting of the Council, he shall appoint a Presbyter to preside
during his absence.
Rule XVI. No member shall absent himself from the service
of the house, unless he have leave, or be unable to attend.
Rule XVII. When a member is about to speak in debate, or de¬
liver any matter to the Council, he shall arise from his seat, and
with due respect address himself in an audible voice to the President,
confining himself to the point of debate.
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Rule XVIII. No member shall speak more than twice in the
same debate, without the consent of the House.
Rule XIX. While the President is putting any question, the
members shall continue in their seats and not hold any private
discourse.
Rule XX. Every member present shall vote when a question is
put, unless excused by the Council, and upon a vote by Orders, the
name of the presiding officer shall be called last.
Rule XXI. When a question is under consideration, no motion
shall be made, unless to lay it upon the table, to postpone it indefin¬
itely, to postpone it to a certain time, to commit it, to amend it, or to
divide it, and motions for any of these purposes shall have precedence
in the order named.
Rule XXII. A motion to lay upon the table shall be decided
without debate.
Rule XXIII. A motion to adjourn shall always be in order, and
if unqualified, shall be settled without debate.
Rule XXIV. No motion shall be considered as before the House
unless it be seconded and reduced to writing.
Rule XXV. A question being once determined shall stand as
the judgment of the Council, and shall not be again considered dur¬
ing the session, but a question being decided may be reconsidered
with the consent of two-thirds of the members present, on a motion
to that purpose by one of the majority of the first decision.
Rule XXVI. All committees shall be appointed by the President,
unless otherwise ordered.
Rule XXVII. The reports of all committees shall be in writing,
and shall be entered on the minutes, unless otherwise ordered. If
recommending or requiring any action or expression of opinion by
the Council, they shall be accompanied by a resolution or resolutions
for its consideration.
Rule XXVIII. All questions of order shall be decided by the
President in the first instance, but any member may appeal from
such decision; and on such an appeal, no member shall speak more
than once without leave of the Council.
Rule XXIX. Clergymen of the Church not entitled to seats, and
Candidates for Holy Orders in this Diocese, shall be admitted to the
sittings of the Council, and their names entered on the Journal, on
their reporting themselves to the Secretary, but without the right
to take part in the proceedings.
Rule XXX. Before the final adjournment of the Council, the
minutes of the last day’s proceedings shall be read, corrected, if
necessary, and approved.
Rule XXXI. The above shall be the Rules of Order of all future
Councils, unless altered or rescinded, and shall be published in the
Journal of each Council.
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FORTY-SEVENTH ANNUAL COUNCIL
OF THE DIOCESE OF NORTHERN INDIANA
St. Thomas’ Church, Plymouth
May 2, 1945
The Forty-Seventh Annual Council of the Diocese of Northern
Indiana assembled in St. Thomas’ Church, Plymouth, Indiana, on
Wednesday, May 2, 19 45, this being1 the day appointed by the Bishop
and pursuant to the call issued by the Secretary of the Diocese.
At 7:30 a.m. there was a Requiem Celebration of the Holy Com¬
munion in St. Thomas’ Church for the first Bishop of the Diocese,
The Right Reverend John Hazen White, D.D., and the second Bishop
of the Diocese, The Right Reverend Campbell Gray, D.D., S.T.D., the
celebrant being The Very Reverend Erland L. Groton, B.D., Dean.
Morning Prayer was read at 9:30 by the Bishop of the Diocese
and the Reverend Peter Langendorff.
The Conciliar Celebration of the Holy Eucharist was at 10 a.m.,
with the Bishop of the Diocese. The Right Reverend Reginald Mallett,
D.D., celebrant, assisted by The Very Reverend Erland L. Groton
a\ 4 The Reverend Peter Langendorff.
The Council was called to order by the Bishop of the Diocese at
10:30 o’clock, and the Secretary of the Diocese was instructed to
call the roll of the Diocesan Clergy from the official list. The Bishop
asked that the Committee on Credentials report on the lay delegations
and on the parishes and missions eligible to seat and vote in this
Council.
The roll of the Clergy of the Diocese was called by the Secretary,
who then reported to the Bishop and Council the Clergy present, all
of whom were entitled to seat and vote.
Mr. Rudolph V. Shakes reported for the Committee on Creden¬
tials that the record of the Treasurer of the Diocese showed that all
parishes and missions were entitled to seat and vote in the Forty-
Seventh Annual Council of the Diocese and that the credentials were
all in order. The Secretary then called the roll of lay delegates
whose credentials had been received.
The Secretary reported to the Bishop and to the Council that
there was present a constitutional quorum of both the clerical and
lay delegates. The Bishop of the Diocese declared the Council to be
duly organized and called for the election of a Secretary.
Election of Secretary
The Reverend Peter Langendorff moved the re-election of the
present Secretary, The Very Reverend Erland L. Groton, and that
the chair cast a unanimous ballot of the Council for the election of
Dean Groton. Thanking the Council for his election, Dean Groton
then requested The Reverend Harold G. Kappes to act as Assistant
Secretary. This nomination was confirmed by the Council.
The Council being duly organized, the Bishop presented his first
Annual Address to the Council of the Diocese of Northern Indiana.
The address is printed elsewhere in this Journal.
The Bishop appointed The Reverend Don H. Copeland and Mr.
Edward C. Borneman to constitute a Committee on the Bishop’s
Address.
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Election of Officers
TREASURER OF THE DIOCESE— Major James H. Haberly was
nominated as Treasurer of the Diocese by Mr. Seth F. Green, which
nomination was seconded by Mr. Arthur L. May. On motion duly
made, the nominations were declared to be closed and the Secretary
was instructed to cast the ballot of the Council for Major Haberly.
This was done and he was declared to be duly elected.
TREASURER OF MISSIONARY FUNDS— Mr. Donald B. Smith
was nominated as Treasurer of Missionary Funds upon motion of The
Reverend Peter Langendorff, and nominations were declared to be
closed and the Secretary was instructed to cast the ballot of the
Council for Mr. Smith. This was done and he was declared to be
duly elected.
ASSISTANT TREASURER OF MISSIONARY FUNDS — Mr.
Charles M. Richardson was nominated by Dean Groton as Assistant
Treasurer of Missionary Funds. This nomination was seconded by
The Reverend Peter Langendorff and it was moved that nominations
be closed and the Secretary instructed to cast the ballot of the Council
for Mr. Richardson. This was done and he was declared to be duly
elected.
CHANCELLOR OF THE DIOCESE— Mr. Gilbert A. Elliott was
elected in 19 4 4 for a term of three years and no election was in order
at this Council.
REGISTRAR OF THE DIOCESE— The Reverend Peter Langen-
dorff was elected in 19 4 4 for the office of Registrar for a term of
three years and no election was in order at this Council.
BOARD OF EXAMINING CHAPLAINS— The Bishop of the
Diocese announced his nominations to the Board of Examining Chap¬
lains as follows: The Reverend James McNeal Wheatley, The Rev¬
erend Dom Paul Severance, O.S.B., The Reverend Peter Langendorff,
and The Reverend Russell G. Flagg. Upon motion of The Reverend
Clarence C. Reimer, these nominations were confirmed by the Council.
TRUSTEES OF THE DIOCESE— The Bishop appointed Mr.
Urline R. Becker, of Kokomo, to serve on the Board of Trustees for a
term of three years, expiring in 19 48. This appointment was con¬
firmed by the Council upon motion of The Reverend Leo K. D. Pat-
terson,
FINANCE COMMITTEE OF THE DIOCESE— The chair advised
the Councd that all department of Finance are appointed by the
Bishon and would be constituted when the newly-elected Bishop and
Council organized.
CATHEDRAL CHAPTER— Nominated to serve as clerical mem¬
bers of the Cathedral Chapter were The Reverend Don H. Copeland
and The Reverend Robert J. Murphy, D.D. Nominated to serve as
lay members of the Cathedral Chapter were the Messrs Edward C.
Borneman and Frank H. Whitmore. The Reverend Leo K. D. Patter¬
son moved that the rules of order be suspended and the Secretary of
the Diocese instructed to cast the ballot of the Council; whereupon
the above were declared to be elected.
STANDING COMMITTEE— The following were nominated from
the floor of the Council to serve on the Standing Committee of the
Diocese, five to be elected: The Reverend Fathers Robert J. Murphy,
Russell G. Flagg, Leslie S. Olsen, James E. Foster, James McNeal
Wheatley, Don H. Copeland, Harold G. Kappes, and Clarence C.
Reimer
BISHOP AND COUNCIL — Before hearing nominations for the
Bishop and Council, the Bishop made reference to the Canons whereby
one clerical and one lay member of those whose terms expire in the
current year are ineligible for re-election during the present year.
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By lot The Reverend George J. Childs and Mr. Edward C. Borneman
were declared ineligible for nomination and election at this Council.
Clerical Nominations: The following were nominated from the
floor of the Council: The Reverend Fathers James McNeal Wheatley,
James E. Foster, William C. R. Sheridan, Robert J. Murphy, and
Gerald H. Lewis. (Terms expiring in 1948.)
Lay Nominations: The following were nominated by the Council
to serve as Lay members of the Bishop and Council (terms expiring
in 1948): The Messrs. Frank M. Little, Edgar Lehman, E. Lacy Gib¬
son, Gerald N. Grove, Walter Glaub, Eugene Ong, and Joseph Yant.
Standing Committees
(Appointed by the Bishop of the Diocese)
The Bishop then announced his appointment of persons to serve
on those Standing Committees of the Diocese which are to report to
the Council of 19 4 6. For the list of the Standing Committees, to¬
gether with the members of the same, see page 7).
THE REPORT OF THE STANDING COMMITTEES
AND THE DEPARTMENTS OF THE BISHOP AND COUNCIL
Named to the Committee on Credentials was the Secretary of the
Diocese and a layman from the parish in which the Council next
meets, whose appointment will come later.
The Committee on the Bishop’s Address, as appointed by the
chair, consisted of The Reverend Don H. Copeland and Mr. Edward
C. Borneman.
The attention of the Council was called to the fact that a number
of the departmental reports had been already printed and distributed
to the Council, in order to expedite the business of the day and to
provide an opportunity for a closer study of the work of the depart¬
ments.
The Report of the Committee on Unfinished Business was pre¬
sented by Mr. Frank H. Whitmore. (See page 30). It was moved
that the report be accepted. Motion carried. There was no report
from the Committee on Admission of New Parishes.
The Report of the Archdeacon of the Diocese was presented by
title by The Venerable J. McNeal Wheatley and is found on page 23,
and upon motion, seconded and carried, was accepted.
The Report of the Standing Committee of the Diocese was pre¬
sented by title by The Reverend J. McNeal Wheatley, President of
the Committee, and upon motion, seconded and carried, was accepted.
(See page 3 0).
The Report of the Bishop and Council was presented by The Very
Reverend Erland L. Groton, Secretary, and upon motion, seconded
and carried, it was accepted. (See page 30).
The Report of the Department of Missions was made by The Very
Reverend Erland L. Groton, Secretary, and upon motion, seconded and
carried, the Report of the Department of Missions was accepted. (See
pages 3 6-3 7).
The Report of the Finance Committee was presented by Mr.
Seth F. Green, chairman, who also made reference to the budget
mailed out by the Bishop and ready for adoption at this Council The
Report of the Finance Committee was accepted. For the Report of
the Finance Committee, see page 41. For the Budget, see page 35.
The Report of the Treasurer of the Diocese was duly presented,
together with its audit, by Mr. Seth F. Green in the absence of the
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Treasurer due to his illness, and may be found on pages 4 7 to 5 5.
It was moved by Mr. Glenn R. Sawyer that the Report of the Treas¬
urer be accepted. This motion was duly seconded and carried.
The Bishop reminded the Council of' the power given to the
Bishop and Council to revise all budgets as the need may arise.
The Report of the Treasurer of Missionary Funds was presented
by the Secretary of the Diocese in the absence of the Treasurer. It
was moved that the report and its audit be accepted. The motion
was carried.
The Reports of the Committee on “Forward in Service” and the
Board of Examining Chaplains were presented by title by the chair¬
man, Father Langendorff, and may be found on page 4 2.
The Report of the Department of Publicity was presented by (
title by The Reverend Robert J. Murphy, who made special mention
of the fact that The Pastoral Staff has gone to war and that The,
Bishop’s Letter has taken its place.
The Reports of the Field Department and The State of the
Church were presented by title by The Reverend Don H. Copeland
and these reports were accepted. Father Copeland announced that
the annual Vestry Dinners of the three Deaneries will be held on
October 23, 24, and 25. These reports may be found on pages 37-38.
There was no report submitted by the Registrar of the Diocese.
The Report of the Church Pension Fund, of which Mr. Edgar
Lehman is chairman, was presented by title and may be found on
page 4 3 of this Journal. Its acceptance was moved by Reverend
Father Olsen.
The Chancellor of the Diocese, Mr. Gilbert A. Elliott, presented
a formal reading of the Amendments to the Constitution for adoption
by the General Convention in 194 6. This report was received, the
Amendments adopted, and are printed on pages 44-4 6 of this Journal.
The Report of the Trustees of the Diocese was presented by
title by the Chancellor of the Diocese and was received.
The Reports of the Department of Christian Education and of
Christian Social Service were presented by title and are found on
pages 39-41.
The Reverend Leo K. D. Patterson reported on the work of the
Church School, speaking most enthusiastically about the Children's
Lenten Mite Box Offering in an amount of over $2,5 0 0 and announc¬
ing the high per capita giving of $2.16 for the Diocese.
The Report of the Army and Navy Commission was made by The
Reverend Don H. Copeland, chairman, and the financial report made
by Major Frank M. Little, Treasurer, showing an amount of $812.8 9
collected as of May 1, 19 45. It was announced that in 194 6 the
Army and Navy Commission fund would be included in the great
Reconstruction and Advance Fund.
The Report of the Howe Summer Conference was made by title
and received. This report may be found on pages 3 9-40.
The Council was reminded of the noon hour and Noon-day Inter¬
cessions were offered by the Bishop of the Diocese.
Following these Intercessions, The Reverend Don H. Copeland,
reporting for the Committee on the Bishop’s Address, recommended
to the Council that attention be given to the need for an increase to
the Endowment Fund of this Diocese and that outstanding attention
be given he Bishop’s request that this Council consider the givings
of this Diocese to the National Church.
Before the Bishop of the Diocese introduced The Right Reverend
Lloyd Rutherford Craighill, Bishop of Anking, China, who addressed
this Forty-Seventh Annual Council of the Diocese of Northern Indi-
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ana, he presented to the Council his understandings of the givings of
this Diocese to the National Church, the amounts expected from this
Diocese for both the year 19 45 and 194 6, and asked that discussion
take place in the afternoon session.
Bishop Craighill Speaks to the Council
The Bishop of Anking, China, The Right Reverend Lloyd R.
Craighill, then addressed the Council, giving a most remarkable ac¬
count of his work in China, and of the difficulties faced by the Church
following the outbreak of war between Japan and China in 19 3 7 and
the even greater difficulties following the Japanese attack upon Pearl
Harbor, but assuring the Council that the work of the Church in
China is carried on because of the native clergy of Chinese Bishops
and Priests.
* * *
Luncheon was served by the ladies of St. Thomas’s Parish in the
Parish House.
* * *
The Council reconvened after luncheon and at 2:00 p.m. the
ballots were returned by the printer.
Tellers: F nr Bishop and Council, CJerical — The Reverend Gail C.
Brittain and The Reverend Francis Hilary Bacon, O.S.B. Lay: Mr.
Milton Latta and Mr. John Bernat. For Standing Commitee: The
Reverend William C. H. Sheridan and The Reverend Bruce B. Mosier.
Election Returns
The report of the Tellers resulted in the following elections: (59
ballots were cast, making 3 0 necessary to elect.)
ELECTED TO THE BISHOP AND COUNCIL (for a term of
three years, expiring in 1948): The Reverend Fathers Robert J.
Murphy, James E. Foster, and James McNeal Wheatley.
The following laymen were elected to the Bishop and Council:
Major Frank M.. Little, Mr. Edgar Lehman, Mr. E. Lacy Gibson.
Declared ineligible for election when their terms have exnired
were The Reverend James McNeal Wheatley and Mr. E. Lacy Gibson.
ELECTED TO THE STANDING COMMITTEE: The following
were nominated from the floor of the Council and elected to serve
on the Standing Committee of the Diocese: The Reverend Fathers
Robert J. Murphy, Don H. Copeland, Harold G. Kappes, Leslie S.
Olsen, and James E. Foster.
An outstanding matter of discussion took place in regard to the
givings of this Diocese to the National Church for the year 19 45 and
19 46, with the result that this Council approved that the givings of
this Diocese for these years be in amount as expected by the National
Church from this Diocese. Therefore, the budgets were revised ac¬
cordingly. For the year 1945, the budget calls for the giving to the
National Church of $4,5 9 7 and for the year 19 4 6 in amount of
$4,841. The amount of $4,597 for the year 1945 was passed by the
Council upon motion of Mr. Edgar Lehman, and the amount of $4,8 41
in 194 6 was passed by the Council upon motion of The Reverend Don
H. Copeland.
The consideration of the budgets for the year 194 6, as found on
page _ , took place at this time and upon motion of Mr. Glenn R.
Sawyer, these budgets were adopted by the Forty-Seventh Annual
Council of the Diocese of Northern Indiana.
Mr. Seth F. Green spoke to the Council in behalf of the proposed
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increase to the endowment Fund, and Col. Burrett B. Bouton moved
that a committee be appointed for consideration of this fund. This
motion was carried.
Mr. Seth F. Green moved that the Canons of the Diocese of North¬
ern Indiana be brought up to date and a supply in sufficient quantity
be printed; the cost a matter of adjustment of the Bishop and Coun¬
cil. This motion was seconded by The Reverend Peter Langendorff
and carried.
Mr. Glenn R. Sawyer moved that a committee of five be appointed,
such committee consisting of two clergy and three laymen, for con¬
sideration of a proposed amendment to Article 8, of the Constitution
regarding the election of a Bishop.
The Reverend Robert J. Murphy moved a rising vote of appreci¬
ation to the congregation of St. Thomas’s Parish for their hospitality
and The Reverend Peter Langendorff moved adjournment of this, the
Forty-Seventh Annual Council of the Diocese of Northern Indiana.
The chair instructed the Secretary of the Diocese to inform the
Parishes and Missions of the Diocese of the date and place for the
meeting of the Forty-Eighth Annual Council in due time and, after
the saying of the words of the “Gloria in Excelsis” and receiving the
benediction of the Bishop, the Council was declared to be duly ad¬
journed.
-[-REGINALD MALLETT
President
ATTEST: Erland L. Groton, Secretary
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APPENDIX
THE BISHOP’S ADDRESS TO THE COUNCIL
THE REPORTS TO THE COUNCIL
THE PAROCHIAL DIRECTORY AND REPORTS
For Contents of the Appendix, See the Table of Contents, Page 2
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ANNUAL ADDRESS
of
THE RIGHT REVEREND REGINALD MALLETT, D.D.
to the
FORTY-SEVENTH ANNUAL COUNCIL
of the Church in the
DIOCESE OF NORTHERN INDIANA
*
“Ye that fear the Lord hope for good and for everlasting joy
and mercy.” — Ecc. 2.
When I came to be your Bishop there were many interrogations
as to what my policy was to be. I made up my mind that it should be
to change things as little as possible, to seek to do the work directly
before me as well as possible, and to learn in these days of changing
conditions how to plan hopefully for the future. I came here at a day
that is challenging because of the very times in which we are living,
and I came with the advantage of being on the crest of a prosperity
wave. The drawback of that prosperity is that it is prosperity due
to war with its attendant evils and problems, which is going to maKe
us pay dearly for it. Chief among the problems is that our youth is
gone, and the oldsters are very busy with important jobs that have
novelty and glamour and high enough wages to tempt us to avarice.
They are apt to be discouraged over problems of the Church and to
see and think in terms of pre-war standards.
It was the logical and common sense thing to move without ques¬
tion into the house provided by the Diocese for the Bishop. That does
not commit me, however, to any permanent policy for the future.
If a survey of the needs of the Diocese would seem to provide a dif¬
ferent center for diocesan office and activities, I would feel free to
consult with the Council and Trustees in regard to the wisdom of a
change.
Parishes and Missions
Every Annual Council brings to our minds those tyho have been
with us in the past and are now departed. The heart of the Diocese
throbbed with sorrow at Bishop Gray’s passing away. Last year oil
May 3, at your Council, he gave his last message to you on the text,
“I reckon that the sufferings of this present time are not Worthy to be
compared with the glory that shall be revealed in us.” How little
you knew he was so near that glory! I believe that the spiritual
background that is present for the work of the Church in Northern
Indiana is due to the gentle influence Bishop Gray exerted over the
period of years, simply by being himself. > • ''
We also lost by death The Reverend William J. Cordick, for many
years rector at Piymouth, and The Reverend Byron C. Duff, who has
been on our Clergy List for years, although he was too ill to do
active work. Our official Diocesan family suffered a great loss in the
death of Mr. Fred N. Smith, for four years Treasurer of Missionary
Funds. We speak our praises of them and of others gone from our
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families in parishes and missions, and of those lost in the war; we
sorrow at their departure, and ask your prayers for the Repose of
their Souls. “O Eternal Lord God, who holdest all souls in life;
vouchsafe, we beseech thee, to thy whole Church in paradise and on
earth, thy light and thy peace; and grant that we, following the good
examples of those who have served thee here and are now at rest,
may at the last enter with them into thine unending joy, through
Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen. May the souls of the faithful de¬
parted through the mercy of God, rest in peace.”
Father William Edward Harris, O.H.C., ordained priest January
6, 1945, is now in Africa working with the Holy Cross Mission.
Bruce Bickel Mosier, Deacon, is remaining at Bristol and con¬
tinuing with his work there.
The candidates of the Diocese are :James Richard DeGolier,
Frank Henry Bozarth, and Gordon Rhodes Olston. All are students
at Nashotah House.
The priests in Service who have given up their parochial connec¬
tions are: Virgil Pierce Stewart, Chaplain U. S. Navy; Sydney Hugh
Brice Croft, U. S. Army; Samuel Hanna Norman Elliott, U. S. Army.
My experience with the Clergy in this Diocese has shown me
that we have, for the most part, a loyal group of consecrated and
hard working priests. If there is any discouraging angle of the work
in Northern Indiana it is in the matter of the low salaries paid to
the clergy. It is a great responsibility to be the Pastor-pastorum, the
Shepherd of the Shepherds, and to witness clergy families missing
some of the necessities and the refinements of life, with an inability
to live up to the standards set by their own parishioners in their com¬
munity. It is unfair to them who accept this discipline with a humble
spirit, and is also unfair to the parish itself which has to replace the
man when he leaves. One thing is clear in my mind about the rela¬
tionship of clergy to the diocesan work. It is my opinion that every
position in the Diocese, elective and appointive, should be open to any
man who is capable of doing the work, regardless of the size of the
parish of which he may be in charge. In the diocesan offices there
should be as little duplication of them as possible and the use of all
of our manpower available.
Fort Wayne Deanery
We are all interested in the project of Trinity Church, Fort
Wayne, under Father Wheatley’s guidance, to extend their parish
through planned missions in the expanding residential sections of the
city. We shall await the announcement of future plans and should be
ready to give assistance in planning or working at any time it is
needed. Father Wheatley has on his staff the Reverend Gail Colyer
Brittain, who accepted the Curacy at Trinity, Fort Wayne, at the
time of his ordination to the priesthood.
In our clerical family we have welcomed the Reverend William
C. R. Sheridan as rector of Gethsemane, Marion. He also has charge
of the work at Hartford City and Gas City.
Trinity, Peru, is still in charge of Father Reimer, but I would
like to see a priest in residence there, making an active effort to do
something at Huntington. Trinity Church, Peru, has been the recip¬
ient of a bequest of $5 000 by Carrie Brownell Averill, the wife of a
priest known and loved in the Diocese of Northern Indiana.
South Bend Deanery
St. Thomas’, Plymouth, is still without a rector. When this ap¬
pointment is made it will carry with it the responsibility of new work
at Culver.
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Holy Trinity, South Bend, reports progress in their plans for the
erection of their new church. This cannot begin too soon and I am
urging them forward to make and announce plans that will commit
them to action. All of us must continue our interest in them and
gifts for them.
St. James’, Goshen, has accepted the resignation of Father Pat¬
terson. His successor has not been elected.
Calumet Deanery
For the Calumet Deanery I have great concern. The work of
the Church there is more important than those who are close to it
realize. It ought to be a great work for its own sake; it should be
contributing to the life of the National Church and to the enthusiasm
of the work in this Diocese. The Benedictines from Valparaiso have
charge of St. Stephen’s, Hobart; St. Augustine’s, Gary; and St. An¬
drew’s, Valparaiso. This is an important work and they do it well,
but their foundation and their vocation is such that they ought to be
freed from the restraints and restrictions of mission work, in order
that they may more freely imprint upon the Church the character¬
istics of Religious Life. I want them to stay in the Diocese, but
when the time comes for them to relinquish these missions we must
be ready to pursue the work they relinquish with aggressiveness.
This is very true of the work at St. Augustine’s, Gary, the only col¬
ored parish in the Diocese, a work in which I have a particular
interest.
St. Paul’s, Hammond, has not yet named a successor to Father
Langendorff. The situation in East Chicago is a constant challenge
to me, even though it is difficult to work out a plan with complete
understanding. The Diocese should know the background of our activ¬
ity there. An offer to sell our unused St. Alban’s, East Chicago
(formerly Indiana Harbor), precipitated a study of this whole arc
that is thought-provoking. Some time ago a proposition originated
with the Good. Shepherd, East Chicago, in which permission was asked
for them to sell the Good Shepherd building and take over the facili¬
ties of St. Alban’s as the one church for East Chicago, but not in a
sense of a merger. Previous to this, a proposal had been made
whereby both buildings were to be sold, and a new Parish Church
built on a site somewhere between the two. It is plain to see that
at the present time old properties would be sold at low price and new
buildings could not be erected without priorities, with inferior work¬
manship and with materials at prohibitive cost. It is acknowledged
that the Good Shepherd, East Chicago, cannot be developed without
an adequate building and a change from their present undesirable
site. Therefore, the Bishop and Council, at the present time, is en¬
deavoring to work out a plan whereby the adequate and workable
facilities of St. Alban’s could be used as a church for the whole of
East Chicago. To that end we are asking Father Patterson to give up
his work at Goshen and become priest-in-charge at St. Alban’s, East
Chicago. If, as the population trends seem to indicate, in ten years
or more the Negroes and Mexicans move into the area of St. Alban’s,
there would be time to make adequate plans for East Chicago with a
hopeful outlook of having a Church plant in good shape (the present
St. Alban’s) whereby we might open a work for unchurched people.
This, to my mind, is the forward looking way. The one thing that
we cannot do, is to do nothing. Many of you are wondering what is
to be the relationship of Father Hoffenbacher, the rector of Good
Shepherd, to this. In all our planning we are held back somewhat by
the fact that the Good Shepherd has a rector who has been overseas
more than four years, Lieut. Col. William Edward Hoffenbacher. He
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was in this country recently. I endeavored to call upon him, and in
a letter asked him to call upon me, but in his short stay in Indiana
he was evidently unable to do so. I have, therefore, asked the Stand¬
ing Committee to work out an acceptable arrangement with him. No
one would be more loathe than I to have it said that the Church is
indifferent about the future of a priest who has served four years in
a Chaplaincy in the war.
It is my hope that each Deanery will meet its problems by origin¬
ating new work where the tendency might be to remain stationary.
It is especially true in the realm of rural work in the Fort Wayne
Deanery and in the field of Christian Social Relations in the Calumet.
The attitude of being unafraid to tackle problems with vigor and
faith will be a unifying experience for the whole of Northern Indiana.
Archdeacon
It became apparent to me soon after my Consecration that the
Diocese of Northern Indiana is so constituted that the work or prob¬
lems of any mission field need not be delegated to any other person
by the Bishop. It is of necessity the work of the Bishop, and must
be prosecuted by him. In some Dioceses this work is carried on by
Rural Deans or Archdeacons. If the appointment of an Archdeacon
is made in Northern Indiana, it is required by canon (Canon IV,
Section 3), that an assignment of work be made to him and that
representation ex-officio be given him in all Departments of the
Bishop and Council. My associations with Archdeacon Wheatley
were such that I could talk frankly with him about it. I learned
that his appointment carried an honor bestowed upon him because of
his interest and untiring work for the Missions of our Diocese over
a period of years. I gratefully acknowledge the work that has been
done in the past, but as I do not need any assistance, I therefore
declare the office of Archdeacon to be not filled.
Mission Quota
Last year we gave $4 200 to the National Church. This year we
are asked to give $4 500. Next year our quota will be $4800. I have
put these in round figures to enable you to visualize them. Last year
we gave $4 2 0 0. On January 1st of this year, however, we voluntar¬
ily relinquished money received from the National Church to the
amount of $154 3, and took great pride in becoming indepedent.
Therefore, the suggestion was made at the Bishop and Council that
we give $3000, (later raised to $35 00) as against the quota of $4500
asked of us. The Children’s Lenten Offering, which applies on our
National Quota, was $254 3 this year. This deserves more than a
passing word of appreciation. I want you all to understand fully
that this $2543 of the children, applied to our accepted quota of
$3500, leaves $9 57 for the Diocese to give to the National Church.
If that is all the Diocese wants to give after mature deliberation, I
must be satisfied. I do point out, however, that when we fail to meet
our quota by $10 00, we fail to give the money to the National Church
which would enable them to do for some other mission field what they
so generously did for us for so many years. In other words, the
National Church is short $1000 by our becoming independent. It
would have been better for the National Church if we had reduced
our dependency by $5 00 a year over a period of three years without
decreasing our mission givings. They counted upon it in their budget.
When I first wrote this message I place at this point the fact that
I was not willing to ask the Diocese to reconsider what has been dis¬
cussed and settled in two meetings of the Bishop and Council. I
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simply said that I wanted you to know the facts and say your prayers
about the $4 800 for next year. But I have changed my mind. The
whole matter can be clarified by simply voting to give what is in the
budget planned a year ago, (at the same time we planned to give up
the National Church aid) the sum of $4 20 7 (Page 5 8 of the 19 44
Journal).
Episcopate
The cost of the Episcopate, which means maintaining a Diocese
of the Episcopal Church, is normally $8000 a year for Northern
Indiana. It is raised by assessment, based upon what each parish
spends for itself. My greatest personal joy is that a plan has been
worked out and every parish in the Diocese is now cooperating, so this
is evenly distributed among us. This means that there is no need of
the Revolving Fund of $1000 previously set up in the budget. It was
set up to take the place of money not paid by Delinquent Parishes
and Missions. The Bishop and Council left the final settlement of de¬
linquent parishes in the hands of the Bishop and the Chairman of the
Finance Committee. I hope that the Council will be united in its
support of any settlement that is made without making it a question
of debate or criticism. It has been suggested that the parishes waive
the return of over-paid assessments to allow the Treasurer to use the
money for a working balance. In order that there be no element of
injustice in this, it should be a matter voted upon by every parish
separately, and not by the Council.
I think that many of the difficulties of the Diocese are caused by
the assessment and I would like to see it lowered. The question is
how it could be done. About $1800 comes form invested funds, most
of which carry over from Bishop White’s Episcopate and the forma¬
tion of the Diocese. If the amount of our endowment could be raised
by any sum whatsoever, the assessment of each parish would be
lowered. I raised this question at the Bishop and Council meeting
and we await word from the Finance Committee as to the feasibility
of attempting to raise more endowment. If we do so, we will increase
our self-respect and show our capabilities and our generosities. The
Methodists have just raised $25,000,000 and the Roman Catholics
are thinking in terms of millions for postwar work. I covet the feel¬
ing of progressiveness and accomplishment that would be ours if we
could grasp the same spirit. We can do it only if we think in large
terms for the Diocese, in the same terms in which we are asked to
think by the National Church in its Reconstruction Project for next
year. Most every parish has a special project of its own and would
have to be very unselfish. Yet any amount by which the assessment
is lowered is a benefit to each parish directly.
Reconstruction Fund
Under the leadership of the Presiding Bishop and the National
Council, the Church is making plans for a Reconstruction and Advance
Fund for new work and to make replacements in the mission fields
that have suffered destruction through war, chiefly the Philippines
and China. There is a particular interest to us with Father Francis
Campbell Gray serving in the Philippines, interned during the period
of Japanese occupancy and now, in the Providence of God, liberated
and on his way home.
Mr. Ronald G. Stagg, a member of Trinity Church, Fort Wayne,
has been appointed and has accepted the Chairmanship for Special
Gifts of the Reconstruction Fund for the Diocese of Northern Indiana.
If every parish takes part in the educational campaign it will be a
most helpful thing for the whole Church for years to come. There
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will be disseminated a definite knowledge and information about the
fields in which the Church is working, and this knowledge will pro¬
duce the means that is necessary to support the work. In this and in
all phases of the Forward Movement, and in general cooperation with
the National Church, I trust this Diocese will loyally support our
leaders.
Soldiers
We look forward hopefully for peace in Europe — now nearly
here — and for war to cease in the Pacific. The men and women in
service from all over the Diocese are receiving letters from me and
they are answering them from diverse places. The first one came
from Frank Mohacsak of Holy Trinity, South Bend. Others came
from Italy, India, New Guinea, the Marianas, the Island of Corsica,
somewhere in Assam, some from men on the sea and from others
under the sea. (As an aside, I beg parish clergy to write to all with
regularity.) We must manifest our interest not only in prayers but
by letters and plans and by absorbing them into our family life when
they return. We must have the machinery set to help them with
their adjustment problems, especially as concerns spiritual difficulties
and also know how to point out to them the agencies of state and
machinery of government. The Laymen’s League has this as a part
of their program. The Army and Navy Commission can help coor¬
dinate this with parish activities. We want these men and women at
our altars and in our Church’s life, working as actively to break down
the Kingdom of Sin, the world and the devil, as on the job that took
them away from us to all parts of the globe.
The spiritual potentialties of the future are tremendous in the
new day before us. Let us see to it that we are not drawn into the
vortex of confusion caused by being led by materialistic conceptions
of the world in which we live.
I pledge anew my honest and loyal attention to every phase of
the work placed in my hands as your Bishop by holding to the stand¬
ard I set for myself when I came: a willingness to spend and to be
spent for Our Lord and His Church. I ask your prayers, your loyal
support for the Church, and ask you to do your part for a growing
mutual understanding for the days to come.
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SUMMARY OF OFFICIAL ACTS OF THE BISHOP
OF THE DIOCESE
The Rt. Reverend Reginald Mallett, D.D.
October 25 to December 31, 1944
Celebrant, Holy Eucharist _ 44
Present, Holy Eucharist _ 12
Other Services _ 16
Times Confirmed _ 4
Number of People Confirmed _ 14
Total Confirmations _ *14
Conferences and Consultations _ 35
Sermons, Meditations and Addresses _ 20
Burials _ 1
Gave Consents to Election of Suffragon Bishop _ 1
Clergy Transferred _ 1
Clergy Received _ 1
Ordained to the Priesthood _ 1
Hospital Calls _ 4
Attended Vestry Meetings _ 11
Attended Other Parish Gatherings _ 4
Present at Canonical Examinations _ 1
Presided at Meetings of Bishop and Council _ 1
Attended Meetings of Diocesan Departments - 6
Attended Deanery Meetings of Women _ 3
Attended Bishop’s- Vestry-Dinner Meetings _ 3
Attended Meeting of Howe School Trustees _ 1
Attended Other Howe School Functions, Gatherings and
Conferences _ 4
Pastoral Calls _ 11
Attended Young Churchmen’s Annual Meeting _ 1
Attended Receptions Given by Parishes _ 2
Luncheon Given for the Clergy and Their Wives _ 1
Meeting for the Clergy _ 1
* Other Confirmations for the Year 1944:
1. The Rt. Reverend Campbell Gray _ 129
2. Bishop Randall for Bishop Gray _ 3 8
3. The Rt. Reverend Reginald Mallett _ 14
Total Confirmations
181
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DIOCESE OF NORTHERN INDIANA
WAR COMMITTEE ON CONVENTIONS
WASHINGTON 25, D. C.
April 10, 19 45
Annual Council of the Episcopal Church
Diocese of Northern Indiana
The Very Reverend Erland L. Groton, Sec’y
616 Lincoln Way East,
Mishawaka, Indiana
My dear Rev. Groton:
Your application for a permit to hold an Annual Diocesan Council
in Plymouth, Indiana, May 2, 19 4 5, has been reviewed. The Com¬
mittee recognizes that this meeting is for transaction of essential
church business, and for that reason a permit is hereby granted.
However, the Committee earnestly requests your cooperation in
doing everything possible to minimize attendance at this meeting,
if it cannot reasonably be deferred.
Joint or concurrent conferences of women’s auxiliaries, missionary
societies, youth groups and other religious organizations are not
sanctioned by the granting of this permit.
Very truly yours,
FRANK PERRIN
Secretary
REPORT OF THE COMMITTEE ON CREDENTIALS
We have examined the Credentials and find them in order.
Credentials to the Forty-Seventh Annual Diocesan Council have
been received from all Parishes and Missions with the exception of:
PARISHES
St. Mary’s, Delphi
St. Alban’s, East Chicago
MISSIONS
Christ Church, Huntington
Trinity Church, Kendallville
Respectfully submitted,
ERLAND L. GROTON, Secretary
RUDOLPH V. SHAKES
Senior Warden, St. Thomas’
Church, Plymouth, Indiana
REPORT OF THE ARCHDEACON
The activities of the Archdeacon during the past year consisted
entirely of the following:
4 funerals in Huntington, Indiana
2 funerals in Kendallville, Indiana
1 funeral in Warsaw, Indiana
2 funerals in Decatur, Indiana
While these were the chief obligations discharged, there were, of
course, the usual pastoral calls in each case referred to during periods
of illness and pastoral calls upon the family of the bereaved before
and after the funeral services referred to.
Respectfully submitted,
J. McNEAL WHEATLEY
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REPORT OF THE COMMITTEE ON THE BISHOP’S ADDRESS
The Committee on the Bishop’s Address wishes to state our deep
appreciation of* the clear presentation of the major issues and needs
of the Diocese given by the Bishop, and to call the Council’s attention
to two of the subjects of his address:
1. We urge the Council to reconsider the Diocesan givings to
National Council in the light of the recommendation made in the
Bishop’s address.
2. We urge this Council to give immediate and conscientious con¬
sideration to the need and possibility of increasing the Endowment
Fund of the Diocese.
Respectfully submitted,
DON H. COPELAND
E. C. BORNEMAN
REPORT OF THE STANDING COMMITTEE OF THE DIOCESE
TO THE 47th ANNUAL DIOCESAN COUNCIL
The Standing Committee begs to submit its report to the 4 7 th
Council in accordance with the canons of the Church.
On May 3, 1944, the following were elected as members of the
Standing Committee at the 4 6th Council: The Ven. J. McNeal Wheat-
ley, The Reverend Fathers Langendorff, Murphy, Copeland, and
Kappes. The Standing Committee, meeting on the same day, elected
Father Wheatley to be president and Father Kappes to be secretary.
On May 6th, recommended Bruce Bickel Mosier and William
Edward Harris (Brother Edward, OHC) to the Bishop of the Diocese
to be Ordered Deacons.
On May 2 2nd, a meeting was held in St. James’ Church, South
Bend, officially recorded the passing of The Right Reverend Campbell
Gray, D.D., into the Blessed Country of Paradise in the nineteenth
year of his episcopate and as Bishop of the Diocese of Northern Indi¬
ana. The Standing Committee at the same time took full measures
to provide for the affairs of the Diocese until such time as a Bishop
be elected and consecrated for the See.
The Standing Committee on May 2 5th gave a license to The Rev.
Bruce Bickel Mosier, a Deacon, to preach and officiate.
On June 12th, the members acted upon several annulment peti¬
tions, and gave authority to the Secretary of the Diocese to call a
Special Council of the Diocese on Wednesday, June 28th at St. James’
Church,. South Bend, to elect a Bishop for this Diocese.
Gave permission to St. James’ Church, South Bend, on June 21st
to sell a piece of property in full accordance with the terms of a will.
On September 14th, acted upon certain matters pertaining to the
Consecration of The Reverend Reginald Mallett to be Bishop of this
Diocese. Acted upon the canonical certificates of The Reverend Gail
Brittain seeking the shortening of his Diaconate to six months. Gave
canonical permission to the Trustees of Howe Military School to
have its annual meeting at such time after The Reverend Reginald
Mallett be Consecrated Bishop of this Diocese.
Notified the Presiding Bishop, The Most Reverend Henry St.
George Tucker, that a majority of canonical consents had been re¬
ceived on the Feast of Saint Michael and All Angels, September 29th
that The Reverend Reginald Mallett might be consecrated a Bishop in
the Church of God.
No November 16th, gave canonical consent and recommendation
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DIOCESE OF NORTHERN INDIANA
that The Reverends Gail Brittain and William Edward Harris be ac1
vanced to the Sacred Priesthood.
On November 2 6th, recommended that the Diaconate of The
Reverend William Edward Harris (OHC) be shortened to six months.
On December 12th, gave consent to the Diocese of South Florida
for the election of a Suffragan Bishop.
On January 29, 1945, gave canonical approval to Trinity Parish,
Logansport, for the settlement of an estate.
On February 15th, recommended Gordon Olston of St. James’
Parish, South Bend, to the Bishop to be made a Candidate for Holy
Orders. Canonical consent was given to the Diocese of Albany to
elect a Coadjutor Bishop.
On February, 28th, Frank Bozarth, of St. Paul’s Pro-Cathedral,
Mishawaka, was recommended to the Bishop to be made a Candidate
for Holy Orders.
On March 13th, gave canonical consents to the Presiding Bishop
for the consecration of The Reverend Arthur Kinsolving and The
Reverend Conrad Gesner to be missionary bishops. Certain ecclesi¬
astical and civil matters were duly reviewed by the Committee with
respect to the Parish of the Good Shepherd in East Chicago.
On April 2nd, gave canonical consents to the consecrations of The
Reverend Bravid Washington and The Reverend H. Irving Loutit to
be Bishops in the Church of God. Recommended that James DeGolier
be admitted a Candidate for Holy Orders by the Bishop of the
Diocese.
On April 3rd, gave canonical consent that The Very Reverend
Reginald Heber Gooden as Missionary Bishop of the Panama Canal
Zone.
On April 2 3rd, acted upon certain matters, both ecclesiastical
and civil, pertaining to the Parish of the Good Shepherd in East
Chicago. Also took under consideration, but did not take any action,
that the Parish of St. Andrew’s, Kokomo, be permitted to sell a piece
of land owned by said parish.
HAROLD G. KAPPES
Secretary, Standing Committee
Dated April 30th, 194 5.
REPORT OF THE COMMITTEE ON UNFINISHED BUSINESS
The Committee on Unfinished Business begs leave to report that
there are not any items of Unfinished Business for consideration be¬
fore the 47th Annual Council of the Diocese of Northern Indiana.
Respectfully submitted,
FRANCIS HILARY BACON, 0 S B.
FRANK H. WHITMORE
REPORT OF THE BISHOP AND COUNCIL
Four meetings of the Bishop and Council of the Diocese of North¬
ern Indiana were held in the year 1944, viz.: January 19, April 19,
May 3, November 16, and a special meeting of the Bishop and Council
was called to meet at the Pro-Cathedral parish, Mishawaka, on Mon¬
day, September 25.
The meeting of January 19, 19 44, held at the Pro-Cathedral parish,
and at the Bishop’s House in Mishawaka, and the meeting of April 19,
1 9 44, held at the Bishop’s House in Mishawaka are recorded in the
Journal of Proceedings of the Forty-sixth Annual Council. The brief
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organizational meeting of the Bishop and Council held immediately
following the meeting of the Forty-sixth Annual Council of the Dio¬
cese of Northern Indiana on Wednesday, May 3, 19 4 4, is likewise
recorded in the Journal of Proceedings of the Forty-sixth Annual
Council.
A special meeting of the Bishop and Council was called to meet at
the Pro-Cathedral parish, Mishawaka, on Monday, September 2 5,
1944, at 1:30 p.m. This meeting was opened with prayer by the
Venerable J. McNeal Wheatley, Archdeacon of the Diocese of North¬
ern Indiana and President of the Standing Committee, and, in the
absence of the Bishop-elect, The Reverend Reginald Mallett, the
Archdeacon was elected by the members of the Council to preside
over the meeting.
The purpose of this meeting was to provide funds to cover expenses
of the Consecration of the Bishop-elect, the moving expenses of the
Bishop-elect and his family from Baltimore to Mishawaka, and the
redecoration cost to the Bishop’s House. The Reverend Don H. Cope¬
land, Chairman of the Committee on Arrangements for the Conse¬
cration, spoke on the need for such funds and outlined plans of the
committee for the Consecration.
It was moved by the Reverend Robert J. Murphy that the funds be
raised by special assessment upon all parishes and missions of the
Diocese. This motion was seconded by Father Langendorff and
passed.
The Reverend Peter Langendorff moved that a total sum of $1,5 0 0
be raised by assessment and that the said assessment be worked out
and executed by the Chairman of the Finance Committee and the
Treasurer of the Diocese. This motion was passed.
It was made known to the Council by Father Copeland that plans
for the Consecration of the Reverend Reginald Mallett as Bishop of
the Diocese of Northern Indiana included that the Consecration take
place at St. James’ Church, South Bend, with the Right Reverend
Benjamin F. P. Ivins, D.D., Bishop of the Diocese of Milwaukee, as
Chief Consecrator.
It was moved by Father Copeland and passed that an offering be
received at the Consecration Mass and given to the new Bishop for
his Discretionary Fund. It was also moved and passed that the
diocesan gift to the Bishop be under the direction of the Committee
on Arrangements for the Consecration.
The first meeting of the Bishop and Council held under the Right
Reverend Reginald Mallett, D.D., Bishop of the Diocese of Northern
Indiana, was called to order at the St. Paul’s Pro-Cathedral parish,
Mishawaka, on November 16, 19 44. The Bishop of the Diocese was
celebrant at a 9 o’clock celebration of the Holy Communion.
The meeting opened with prayer by the Bishop of the Diocese and
this was followed by the reading of the Diocesan Treasurer’s report.
In the absence of the diocesan Missionary Treasurer, the Secretary
of the Diocese was asked to read his monthly report as made to the
Bishop. Both reports were received.
The Treasurer of the Diocese moved that parishes and missions
delinquent in the payment of the special diocesan assessment be noti¬
fied by the Bishop and inquiry made as to their intention to pay.
The Bishop called for reports from the chairman of the various
Departments of the Bishop and Council. At this time, the Reverend
Don H. Copeland, Chairman of the Field Department, presented the
following and encouraging report:
“The Field Department met in South Bend on September 11, 19 44.
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DIOCESE OF NORTHERN INDIANA
Notice was received from the National Council that the quota for the
Diocese of Northern Indiana for 194 5 for the general program has
been set at $4,5 9 7.0 0, which constitutes an increase of $390.00 over
the 1944 quota.
‘‘Plans were laid for the whole program. The Department spon¬
sored the October issue of The Pastoral Staff, which was ably edited
by Father Olsen and issued on schedule.
“Dependent upon the approval of the Bishop-elect, which was later
given, the Department arranged for three Bishop’s Vestry Dinners
on the lines of those so successfully held one year ago. The Depart¬
ment also approved of the purchase of one copy of the motion picture
film, “We, Too, Receive,” for use throughout the Diocese wherever
requested.
“The Chairman has served as a clearing house for promotional
material from the National Council whenever requested, and has
from time to time informed the Reverend Clergy of the progress
made by the Diocese in payment of the 1944 quota.
“The Bishop’s Vestry Dinners were held on November 1, 2, and 3
at Kokomo, Elkhart, and Michigan City, respectively. The Reverend
Father Kappes presided at the Michigan City dinner in the absence
of the Chairman, who was ill.
“The attendance at Kokomo was 3 4, at Elkhart, 5 7, and at Michi¬
gan City, 3 9. Total attendance at the three meetings, 13 0.
“As a result of these meetings, every parish and mission in the
Diocese is represented by an accepted goal for missions for the com¬
ing year.
“The totals for the Diocese are $9,4 6 5.00, which is an increase of
$1,715.00 for the expectancies for this current year.
“It is to be noted as a matter of thanksgiving, that if this accepted
expectancy of $9,465.00 is given, it will represent an increase in the
missionary giving of the Diocese of Northern Indiana of over 82% in
a period of 24 months.
DON H. COPELAND
Chairman
Field Department”
The outstanding business of the day was in reference to the De¬
partment of Missions and the budget of the Department of Missions.
The 1945 Budget of the Department of Missions was revised in order
that this Diocese might be numbered among the unaided dioceses of
the Church, as had been unanimously adopted by resolution at the
meeting of the Forty-sixth Annual Council of the Diocese of Northern
Indiana. The revised budget for 19 45, as approved by the Bishop
and Council on November 16, 19 4 4, is to be found in the Report of
Department of Missions.
Another meeting of the Bishop and Council was called to order by
the Bishop of the Diocese and opened with prayer on the morning of
March 13, 19 45, following a 10 o’clock celebration of the Holy Com¬
munion in the Chapel of the Holy Angels, St. James’ Church, South
Bend. The Secretary’s and Treasurer’s reports were read and ap¬
proved.
Previous to the meeting, the Bishop had mailed to the members of
the Bishop and Council a letter setting forth several items of business
to come to the attention of the meeting. The Bishop therefore called
as the first item of business a consideration of the Department of
Missions Budget and a possible increase of the giving from this Dio-
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cese to the National Church. A resolution offered by the Reverend
Don H. Copeland that this Diocese accept an amount of $5,00 0 was
presented and seconded by the Reverend Harold G. Kappes. Mr.
Seth F. Green, speaking in opposition to this resolution, stated that
work in the Diocese needed attention before consideration be given
an increase to the National Church. The resolution was defeated.
At this moment Father Copeland resolved that the fact that the
Diocese of Northern Indiana has become an unaided Diocese and at
the same time has accepted an increase of $500 in giving to the
National Church, even though our giving does not reach the amount
expected from this Diocese, be given proper notice by Dr. Franklin
in all his reports. This resolution was passed unanimously.
The Bishop of the Diocese called for reports from the several De¬
partments of the Bishop and Council. It was during the giving of
the Report on Publicity by the Reverend Robert J. Murphy that the
Bishop explained the doing away with “The Pastoral Staff” and of •
its place being taken by a Bishop’s Letter. He made the request that
the Department of Publicity, with Father Murphy as chairman, associ¬
ate any member of the Council with itself for study and consideration
of both “The Pastoral Staff” and the Bishop’s Letter.
The Reverend Don H. Copeland, reporting for the Field Depart¬
ment, brought to the attention of the Council the new recordings of
“The Living People,” now available, stating also that these trans¬
criptions were being presented over the radio in Kokomo at the
present time and that they would be presented over the South Bend
station during the week after Easter. He urged other clergy to make
use of these in their communities.
At this time the Bishop spoke at great length on the problem re¬
lating to the parish of the Church of the Good Shepherd at East Chi¬
cago and of St. Alban’s at Indiana Harbor. A printed survey of
population, population trends, pledges for the support of the work
of the Good Shepherd parish, and the results of a questionnaire sent
the people of both parishes was made available to the members of
the Council. After considerable discussion, it was moved by the Rev¬
erend Don H. Copeland that the sentiment of this Council is for the
appointment of a committee to study the problem of East Chicago
and to bring in a report at the Diocesan Council in May — this com¬
mittee to be appointed by the Bishop of the Diocese.
The Bishop then announced that the Diocesan Council would meet
on the second day of May, 19 45. It was after this announcement
that the Bishop made known of his desire for every parish and mis¬
sion in the Diocese to be present at this Council with seat and vote.
Discussion followed on ways and means of admitting delinquent par¬
ishes into union with the Council, and Mr. Seth F. Green, chairman
of the Finance Committee, requested opportunity for a meeting of the
members of the Finance Committee, promising to report before the
ending of the meeting of the Bishop and Council.
The next item of business was made known to the Council by the
Bishop of the Diocese and was in relationship to the high assessments
in this Diocese as imposed upon the parishes and missions of the
Diocese. The Bishop made requests for an increase to the Endow¬
ment Fund of the Diocese for the support of the Episcopate. The
direct result of this would be found in the lowering of Diocesan As¬
sessments. In support of this, a survey was given the members of
the Council showing what a proposed increase of endowment for the
Diocese would yield. It was moved by the Reverend Peter Langen-
dorff and seconded by Dean Groton that this important item of busi¬
ness be referred to the Finance Committee of the Diocese.
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DIOCESE OF NORTHERN INDIANA
It was made known to the members of the Council that in 19 4 6 the
National Church would undertake a campaign to raise five million
dollars for reconstruction and re-establishment among churches and
missions destroyed or damaged because of the war. A request had
come to the Bishop of the Diocese for an appointment of a chairman
from this Diocese to serve on a Special Gifts Committee of the
National Church. It was moved by the Reverend Leo K. D. Patterson
and seconded by the Ven. J. McNeal Wheatley that the Field Depart¬
ment secure nominations for the chairmanship of this Special Gifts
Committee, and, together with such qualifications as may be neces¬
sary, present these nominations to the Bishop for consideration.
At this time the Bishop called for a report of the Army and Navy
Commission of the Diocese, and the Reverend Don H. Copeland, chair¬
man, made the request for such a report from Major Frank M. Little.
The next item of business was the annual Howe Conference. By a
unanimous vote of the Council it was decided that the Howe Confer¬
ence be discontinued until such time, after the war, that it may be
revived and organized by the Bishop of the Diocese.
The Department of Finance, under the chairmanship of Mr. Seth
F. Green, reported during the afternoon session on the question of
delinquent parishes and the possibility of all parishes and missions
being admitted into union with the Council of the Diocese on the
second day of May. It was therefore moved by Mr. Seth Green that
the Bishop of the Diocese and the chairman of the Finance Commit¬
tee find out from the parishes delinquent the best settlement as may
be made on their delinquencies and in respect to their ability to pay,
and that if they accept and maintain their assessments for the year
194 5, a portion of the delinquency be forgiven in accordance with the
settlement made. This motion was seconded by Major James H. Hab-
erly and passed unanimously by the Council with the understanding
that action taken by the Bishop and the chairman of the Finance
Committee be binding and in approval by all members of the Bishop
and Council.
Inasmuch as the Bishop and Council failed to prepare Diocesan and
Department of Missions budgets for the year 194 6 for adoption at
the coming Diocesan Council of May 2, it was moved that such bud¬
gets be prepared by the Bishop and sent to all members of the Bishop
and Council and to the rector of each parish and to each priest-in-
charge of a mission for approval, and that such budgets be presented
to the Diocesan Council in May for adoption.
The meeting adjourned with prayer.
Noon-day prayers had been said by the Bishop of the Diocese, and
luncheon served by the ladies of St. James’.
On March 2 8th, the Bishop of the Diocese mailed to all members
of the Bishop and Council the following Diocesan Budget, together
with the Budgets of the Departments of the Bishop and Council for
the year 194 6, with adoption of these Budgets to take place at the
Annual Council of the Diocese of Northern Indiana on May 2, 194 5.
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DIOCESAN EXPENSE BUDGET FOR THE YEAR 1946
Salary of the Bishop _ $5,400.00
Pension Fund Premium for the Bishop _ 47 3.00
Bishop’s Office Expense _ 300.00
Bishop’s Stenographer _ 30 0.00
Bishop’s Traveling Expense _ 400.00
Upkeep of Bishop’s House and Insurance _ 275.00
Provincial Synod Assessment _ 100.00
Salary, Secretary of the Diocese _ 150.00
Pension Fund Premium for Secretary of the Diocese _ 12.00
Secretary’s Office _ 50.00
Publishing and Distributing Diocesan Journal _ 250.00
For Discounts, Monthly Payments _ 270.00
Treasurer’s Bond _ 5.0 0
Auditing _ 5.00
Revolving Fund _ 1,000.00
Treasurer’s Office Expense _ 150.0 0
Treasurer’s Office, Postage, Printing, Stationery _ 5 0.00
Theological Education Fund _ 300.00
Bishop and Deputy Fund to General Convention _ 450.00
Annual Assessment, Presiding Bishop and Gen. Convention. 220.00
$10,160.00
Less Estimated Income from Endowment _ 1,8 00.00
$8,360.00
BUDGET OF THE BISHOP AND COUNCIL DEPARTMENTS
FOR THE YEAR 1946
Department of Missions _ $10,233.38
Army and Navy Commission _ 25.00
Forward in Service _ 50.00
Department of Religious Education _ 300.00
Department of Field _ 500.00
Department of Christian Social Relations _ 50.00
Department of Publicity - 800.00
$11,958.38
The Diocesan Expense Budget for the year 19 46 was changed at
the annual Diocesan Council of May 2, 19 4 5, to omit the item of
$1,000.00 as a Revolving Fund. The Budget was then approved by
the Council. (See the approved and adopted Budgets as they are
printed in this Journal.)
A brief organization meeting of the Bishop and Council was held
in St. Thomas’ Church, Plymouth, immediately after the meeting of
the Annual Diocesan Council.
The meeting resulted in a motion by Mr. Glenn R. Sawyer that
appointments to the various departments of the Bishop and Council
be made and mailed by the Bishop of the Diocese. This motion was
seconded by The Reverend Leo K. D. Patterson and passed. The
Reverend Russell G. Flagg moved adjournment.
Respectfully submitted,
ERLAND L. GROTON, Secretary
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DIOCESE OF NORTHERN INDIANA
REPORT OF THE DEPARTMENT OF MISSIONS
The Department of Missions did not have a Departmental meeting
during the year, but the business of the Department of Missions was
considered at each meeting of the Bishop and Council.
A meeting of the Bishop and Council held at St. Paul’s Pro-Cathe¬
dral, Mishawaka, Indiana, on November 16, 1944, revised the De¬
partment of Missions Budget for the year 19 45 as follows:
Department of Missions Budget for the Year 1945
(Revised and Approved by the Bishop and Council, Nov. 16, 1944)
Huntington _ $ 400.00
Delphi - 100.00
Gas City - 150.00
Hartford City _ : - 150.00
St. John’s, Bristol _ 5 0 0.00
St. Alban’s, Indiana Harbor _ 3 0 0.00
St. Stephen’s, Hobart; St. Andrew’s, Valparaiso;
St. Augustine’s, Gary _ 984.00
Secretary, Department of Missions _ 100.00
Pensions _ 439.38
New Work at Culver _ 4 5 0.00
Trinity Hungarian, South Bend _ 1200.00
Trinity Hungarian Building Fund _ 500.00
Secretary to the Bishop _ 300.00
Treasurer’s Bond _ 5.00
Auditing _ 20.00
Postage, Stationery, and Contingencies _ 35.00
National Church * _ 3500.00
$9,133.38
This Budget was changed at the meeting of the Annual Diocesan
Council on May 2, 19 45, as follows:
National Church _ $4,597.00
* Included in the National Church pledge of $4,5 9 7 is an expectancy
of $2,000.00 from the Church School Lenten Mite Box Offering.
* * *
The revision of the Budget was necessitated by the Diocese relin¬
quishing all funds from the National Church and becoming an un¬
aided Diocese of the Church.
On March 2 8, 19 45, the Bishop mailed to all members of the Bishop
and Council the following Revised Budget for the Department of
Missions for the year 19 46, with Adoption of the Budget to take
place at the Annual Council of the Diocese of Northern Indiana on
May 2, 1945.
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DEPARTMENT OF MISSIONS BUDGET FOR THE YEAR 1946
Huntington _ _ _ $ 400.00
Delphi _ 100.00
Gas City _ 150.00
Hartford City _ 150.00
St. John’s, Bristol _ 500.00
St. Alban’s, Indiana Harbor _ 1000.00
St. Stephen’s, Hobart; St. Andrew’s, Valparaiso;
St. Augustine’s, Gary _ 98 4.00
Secretary, Department of Missions _ _ 100.00
Pensions _ 4 39.38
New Work at Culver _ 5 5 0.00
Trinity Hungarian, South Bend _ 1200.00
Trinity Hungarian Building Fund _ 5 0 0.00
Secretary to the Bishop _ 300.00
Treasurer’s Bond _ _ 5.0 0
Auditing _ 20.00
Postage, Stationery and Contingencies _ 3 5.00
National Church * _ 3800.00
$10,233.38
This Department of Missions Budget for the year 19 4 6 was
changed at the meeting of the Annual Diocesan Council on May 2,
19 45, as follows:
National Church _ $4,841.00
Included in the National Church pledge of $4,841.00 is an expect¬
ancy of $2,500.00 from the Church School Lenten Mite Box Offering.
See the approved and adopted budgets as they are printed in
this Journal.
Respectfully submitted,
ERLAND L. GROTON, Secretary
REPORT OF THE FIELD DEPARTMENT
The Field Department begs to report:
The Bishop’s Vestry Dinners were arranged by the Department
and held in Kokomo for the Ft. Wayne Deanery on November 1, in
Elkhart for the South Bend Deanery on November 2, and in Michigan
City for the Calumet Deanery November 3, 19 44. As a result of the
interest generated at these meetings, the Missionary Expectancy from
the Ft. Wayne Deanery for 19 45 amounts to $3,060.00, from, the
South Bend Deanery, $4,117.5 0, and from the Calumet Deanery,
$2,370.00, making a total of $9,547.50.
The Department also arranged for a week’s visit to the Diocese by
The Reverend Vine V. Deloria, priest from South Dakota, representing
the Sioux Indian Field. Father Deloria gave twelve addresses in
various churches of the diocese during the week of February 18, 19 4 5.
The Department also arranged for the presentation of the radio
transcription series, “The Living People,” over stations WSBT,
WKMO, and WTRC.
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DIOCESE OF NORTHERN INDIANA
Actual
Expectation Pledge Deanery
FORT WAYNE DEANERY:
Trinity, Fort Wayne . $2,000 $2,000.00
Trinity, Kendallville .
10
5.00
Gethsemane. Marion .
490
490.00
St. Paul’s, Gas City .
45
45.00
St. Andrew’s. Kokomo .
360
360.00
St. Luke’s, Hartford City ....
0
0
Trinity, Logansport .
50
50.00 Exp.
Trinity, Peru .
100
100.00 Exp.
St. Mary’s, Delphi .
5
5.00 Exp.
Christ Church, Huntington ..
10
5.00
CALUMET DEANERY:
St. Augustine’s, Gary .
35
35.00
St. Stephen’s, Hobart .
Church of the Good Shepherd,
35
35.00
East Chicago .
150
150.00
St. Andrew’s. Valparaiso .
40
40.00
Christ Church, Gary .
200
200.00
Trinity, Michigan City .
960
960.00
St. Paul’s, LaPorte .
300
300.00
St. Paul’s. Hammond .
600
600.00 Exp.
St. Alban’s, Indiana Harbor ..
50
50.00 Exp.
SOUTH BEND DEANERY:
St.
John’s. Elkhart .
.... 900
1,000.00
St.
Mark’s, Howe .
75
75.00
Trinity, South Bend .
.... 300
300.00
St.
James’, South Bend ....
.... 1,500
1,500.00
St.
James’, Goshen .
.... 300
297.50
St.
Paul’s, Mishawaka .
.... 700
700.00
St.
Thomas’, Plymouth ....
. 200
200.00 Exp.
St.
John’s, Bristol .
30
30.00
All
Saints’, Wawasee .
15
15.00 Exp.
Diocesan Totals
Exp.
$3,070.00
2,370.00
4,020.00
$9,460.00
Totals
Pledge
$3,060.00
2.370.00
4,117.50
$9,547.50
Respectfully submitted,
DON H. COPELAND,
Chairman
FIELD DEPARTMENT DISBURSEMENTS
JANUARY 15, 1944 TO JANUARY 15, 1945
To Hotel Courtland, Kokomo, Indiana, Nov. 1, 1944 - $ 53.00
To Hotel Elkhart, Elkhart, Indiana, Nov. 2, 19 44 _ 9 0.75
To Hotel Spaulding, Michigan City, Indiana, Nov. 3, 1944 _ 62.50
To Mimeographing Service _ 3.75
To the Journal Publishing Co., October Issue of
The Pastoral Staff _ 103.13
To the National Council, Film “We, Too, Receive” - 15.67
To the Rev. Don H. Copeland, advanced for Postage _ 4.00
Total $330.80
DON H. COPELAND
Chairman Field Dept.
FORTY-SEVENTH ANNUAL COUNCIL
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REPORT OF THE DIOCESAN COMMITTEE ON
YOUTH WORK — 1944
Department of Christian Education
The Committee on Youth Work begs to submit its annual report
to the 4 7th Council of the Diocese of Northern Indiana.
( 1 ) The Howe Conference. Over forty young churchmen from our
parishes and missions enrolled for courses at the Howe Summer Con¬
ference last June. The courses were given by several clergy, and
covered such fields as Forward in Service, The Old and New Testa¬
ments, Catholic Doctrine.
(2) Youth Sunday. On Sunday, October 15th, the following con¬
gregations reported having had Corporate Communions: Trinity Par¬
ish, Ft. Wayne; St. John’s, Elkhart; St. Paul’s Pro-Cathedral, Mish¬
awaka; and Holy Trinity, South Bend. All offerings received from
these congregations were sent to Lewis B. Franklin in New York,
and were desginated as part of the youth offering for War Prisoner
Aid.
(3) Youth Rally. On the first Sunday in Advent some eighty young
people, together with a number of clergy, were guests of Trinity
Church in Michigan City for a Youth Rally. Mr. Richard Johns, a
representative on the Youth Commission for this Province, gave a
talk on the UMCY and the Rule of Life. A number of group dis¬
cussions were conducted by the clergy, and before adjournment the
Bishop of the Diocese gave a summary of the findings. The follow¬
ing congregations were represented: Trinity Church, Michigan City;
St. James’, Goshen; St. John’s, Elkhart; St. James’, South Bend; St.
Paul’s Pro-Cathedral, Mishawaka; Holy Trinity, South Bend.
(4) South Bend Deanery. This Deanery has been having monthly
meetings for young churchmen for five years, and the enthusiastic
results prove their real worth. The monthly meetings have been
successful in training our young people in the work of the Church,
and making for a happy fellowship among the deanery congregations.
Respectfully submitted,
HAROLD G. KAPPES
Chairman
DEPARTMENT OF CHRISTIAN EDUCATION
No report.
1945 REPORT CHAIRMAN HOWE SUMMER CONFERENCE
The 13th Annual Howe Summer Conference was held at Howe
Military School, Howe, Indiana, June 18 to 2 3rd, 19 4 4. The con¬
ference was again outstanding in upholding the established principles
of Howe Conferences, since their inception by the late Rt. Reverend
Campbell Gray, D.D., S.T.D., in the year 1932. Approximately 100
were in attendance plus many visitors during the five-day period.
The Conference was supported by a hard-working and cooperative
faculty, which faculty was as follows: The Rev. R. D. Taylor, The
Rev. D. H. Copeland, Mrs. Stuart Smith, The Rev. J. B. Hubbard,
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DIOCESE OF NORTHERN INDIANA
The Very Rev. E. L. Groton, The Rev. G. H. Lewis, The Rev. L. S.
Olsen, The Rev. L. K. D. Patterson, The Rev. P. Langendorff, and
The Rev. Herman A. Berngen.
One of the outstanding features of the Conference was the pil¬
grimage to the grave of our late Bishop, The Rt. Reverend Campbell
Gray, D.D., S.T.D., on Thursday evening after Evensong. At the grave
appropriate prayers were offered for the repose of the soul of Bishop
Gray and on Friday morning following, a Requiem Mass was offered.
The entire conference expressed the desire that the pilgrimage be
made an annual practice in honor of the founder of the Howe Con¬
ferences.
The Treasurer’s report of the conference will reflect a balance on
hand of $69.65. While the balance has diminished during the past
several years, we are happy to report that every year the conference
has been self-supporting. Inasmuch as it has been decided not to hold
the conference in the year 19 4 5, said balance has been turned over to
the Treasurer of the Diocese with instructions that it be held in es¬
crow for the benefit of the conference when it is revived.
In conclusion, the chairman wishes to express his sincere appreci¬
ation for those who have cooperated so unselfishly during the past
eleven years, during which time the present chairman has held this
office, and to their splendid spirit goes the credit for all the successes
of this experience. It has been a great privilege to be so long con¬
nected with the Howe Summer Conference programs.
Respectfully submitted,
J. McNEAL WHEATLEY
Chairman
REPORT OF THE COMMITTEE ON CHURCH SCHOOL WORK
1944-45
Your chairman of the Committee on Church School Work submits
the following report to the 4 7th Annual Council of the Diocese of
Northern Indiana:
The only activity sponsored by your committee during the counciliar
year was the promotion of the Children’s Lenten Mite Box Offering.
The goal set by the Department of Missions Budget for the year 19 4 5
was $1800.00. The Bishop asked the children to over-subscribe this
amount by $700.00, asking them to raise $2500.00. Your committee
is happy to report that at the present date the amount of the child¬
ren’s offering totals $2535.94, or $2.16 per child.
Your committee sponsored two services after Easter for the pur¬
pose of presenting the offering. These were held at St. John’s
Church, Elkhart, and Trinity Church, Logansport. St. Paul’s Pro-
Cathedral was awarded the Diocesan Banner; St. Stephen’s Church,
Hobart, and Gethsemane, Marion, were awarded their respective
Deanery Banners.
Over a period of four years the church school children of the Dio¬
cese have increased their Lenten Missionary giving two and one-half
times. They deserve the congratulations of the Diocese.
Attached herewith is the detailed report as of this date.
FORTY-SEVENTH ANNUAL COUNCIL
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CHILDREN S LENTEN MITE BOX OFFERING — 1945
St. John’s, Bristol
Good Shepherd, E. Chicago
$ 30.00
$4.28 pro rata, on
29.64
1.23 boxes returned
St. John’s, Elkhart
Trinity, Fort Wayne
300.53
4.36
501.60
1.86
Christ Church, Gary
100.00
1.31
St. James’, Goshen
_ 23.71
2.63
St. Paul’s, Hammond
St. Stephen’s, Hobart
St. Mark’s, Howe
Howe School (Cadets)
46.43
1.55
18.92
1.89
35.03
1.34
90.00
St. Andrew’s, Kokomo
St. Paul’s, LaPorte
Trinity, Logansport
91.05
1.70
83.54
1.57
24.92
1.08
Gethsemane, Marion
137.63
2.75
Trinity, Michigan City
269.25
1.24
St. Paul’s, Mishawaka
Trinity, Peru
290.00
5.45
46.52
2.21
St. James’, South Bend
210.17
2.74
Trinity, South Bend
210.17
2.74
Loose Offering, Elkhart
10.65
Loose Offering, Logansport
6.18
Total Offering
$2535.94
Per Capita Offering
$2.16
Pro-rata Off. on Returned
Boxes_ $2.58
Respectfully submitted,
LEO K. D. PATTERSON,
Chairman
REPORT OF THE FINANCE COMMITTEE TO THE
FORTY-SEVENTH ANNUAL COUNCIL OF THE
DIOCESE OF NORTHERN INDIANA
The Finance Committee begs to report:
No special called meetings of members were issued, as we tried to
function at the time of the meetings of the Bishop and Council.
At the last meeting there were no arrangements made for the de¬
partments to meet and present to the Dpartmnt of Finance a state¬
ment of the amount required, and the reasons why it should be
granted. As based upon this information thus secured, the Finance
Department can form the budget for the coming year. There was a
proposed budget mailed to members of all committees for their action.
This proposed budget was based, with a few exceptions, upon the one
accepted last year.
We herewith present to you copies of the budgets for the year 19 4 6,
for your consideration, and move that they be adopted by this Council,
subject to revision by the Bishop and Council as changes become
necessary.
Respectfully submitted,
SETH F. GREEN
Chairman of the Finance Committee
42
DIOCESE OF NORTHERN INDIANA
REPORT OF THE
DEPARTMENT OF CHRISTIAN SOCIAL RELATIONS
1944
The Department of Christian Social Relations submits its report
to the 4 7th Annual Council of the Diocese of Northern Indiana.
The Reverend Leo K. D. Patterson, rector of St. James’ Church,
Goshen, and a member of this department, has continued his work in
the Juvenile Court of Elkhart County as advisor on Probation Cases,
under the jurisdiction of that court.
Every parish priest is greatly concerned these days of war with the
return of boys and girls from his parish serving in the Armed Forces
and with the great problem of child delinquency, and your department
seeks to serve the Church in promoting Christian social action as
based upon the fundamental principles involved in promoting the
Faith.
Respectfully submitted,
ERLAND L. GROTON. Secretary
For the Department of Christian Social Relations
REPORT, “FORWARD IN SERVICE”
1. We were given a place by Father Wheatley in his program of
the Annual Howe Summer Conference, last June.
2. The Reverend Harold G. Kappes presented the Church’s pro¬
gram to the Deanery Auxiliary meetings last October.
3. We shall continue to act in close co-operation with the Diocesan
Field Department.
4. The present plan: “God In Human Relations” is commended for
sermons in your parishes.
5. That we may be enabled to carry on this important work more
efficiently, we ask that the opportunity be given to hold one confer¬
ence in Parishes and Missions before various groups.
6. To do this, we ask for an appropriation of $75.00, an increase
of $25.00 over the present appropriation.
Respectfully submitted,
PETER LANGENDORFF, chairman
HAROLD G. KAPPES, secretary
REPORT OF THE
BOARD OF EXAMINING CHAPLAINS
Your Board of Examining Chaplains, consisting of the Venerable
James McNeal Wheatley, the Reverend Dom Paul Severance, O.S.B.,
and the Reverend Peter Langendorff, met on the 11th of November,
19 44, in the Parish Hall of St. James’ Church, South Bend. At our
request, the Reverend Gail Colyer Brittain and Brother Harris, O.H.C.,
both in Deacon’s Orders, presented themselves for their Canonical
Examinations for the Priesthood, both written and oral. They passed
the examinations satisfactorily. Both had prepared papers on a
special subject and the three required written sermons.
Respectfully submitted,
PETER LANGENDORFF
Chairman, Board of Examining Chaplains
DEPARTMENT OF PUBLICITY
During the past year, the Department of Publicity has provided
material, both for the Church papers and the secular press, in connec-
FORTY-SEVENTH ANNUAL COUNCIL
43
tion with all diocesan matters of importance. In addition, radio cov¬
erage of the Consecration of the Rt. Rev. Reginald Mallett, D.D., was
secured.
Publication of The Pastoral Staff was continued until the depart¬
ment was instructed to suspend publication with the January issue
by the Bishop and Council.
Respectfully submitted,
ROBERT J. MURPHY,
Chairman
REPORT ON THE CHURCH PENSION FUND
Your chairman reports to the 4 7th Annual Council of the Diocese
of Northern Indiana that the status of the Church Pension Fund is
exceedingly good.
There are no unpaid assessments in the Diocese of Northern Indiana
for the year 1944.
Assessments to the Church Pension Fund must be made regularly
and faithfully for the good of the Diocese and of every clergyman in
the Diocese.
Respectfully submitted,
EDGAR LEHMAN
For the Church Pension Fund
REPORT OF THE DIOCESAN ARMY AND NAVY COMMISSION
The Army and Navy Commission has kept before the clergy of the
Diocese the needs of the Army and Navy Commission of the National
Church and promoted the raising of voluntary funds for that Com¬
mission in the spring of 1945.
Respectfully submitted,
DON H. COPELAND, Chairman
Diocesan Army and Navy Committee
REPORT OF THE TREASURER OF THE ARMY AND NAVY
COMMISSION FOR REMITTANCE RECEIVED TO MAY 1, 1945
St. John’s, Elkhart _ 74.30
Trinity, Fort Wayne _ 170.81
Christ Church, Gary _ 5 6.12
St. Augustine’s, Gary _ 5.3 0
St. Stephen’s, Hobart _ 5.00
St. Mark’s, Howe _ 10.00
St. Andrew’s, Kokomo _ 40.50
St. Paul’s, LaPorte _ 50.19
St. Paul’s, LaPorte _ 5.00
Trinity, Logansport _ 33.49
Gethsemane, Marion _ 35.00
Trinity, Michigan City _ 62.62
St. Paul’s, Mishawaka _ 70.00
Trinity, Peru _ 33.76
Holy Trinity, South Bend _ 5.00
St. James’, South Bend _ 13 0.00
St. James’, South Bend _ 5.0 0
St. Andrew’s, Valparaiso _ 5.00
St. Andrew’s, Valparaiso _ 15.00
$812.09
Respectfully submitted,
F. M. LITTLE, Treasurer
Army and Navy Commission
44
DIOCESE OF NORTHERN INDIANA
REPORT OF THE COMMITTEE ON CANONS
To the Council:
The Committee on Canons, to which was referred the “Amendments
to the Constitution Proposed at the General Convention of 19 4 3 and
to be acted upon at the Convention of 19 4 6”, begs to report that we
have examined the four proposed amendments and recommend that
they be adopted by this Council and the Secretary of the Council be
instructed to notify the Secretary of the House of Deputies of the
action taken.
Respectfullv submitted.
G. A. ELLIOTT
These proposed amendments to the Constitution are as follows and
were adopted by the Forty-Seventh Annual Council of the Diocese of
Northern Indiana, meeting on May 2, 1945 at St. Thomas’ Church,
Plymouth, Indiana.
ERLAND L. GROTON, Secretary
sfs % *
THE GENERAL CONVENTION
To the Ecclesiastical Authorities of the Church
and to the Secretaries of Dioceses
and Missionary Districts
In compliance with the requirements of Canon 1, Section I. [d.J
notice is hereby given to the Ecclesiastical Authority of the Church
in every Diocese and Missionary District, as well as to the Secretary
of the Convention of every Diocese and of every Missionary District
that the following alterations of the Constitution, proposed in the
General Convention of 194 3, are to be finally acted upon in the Gen¬
eral Convention of 194 6, in accordance with Article XI of the Con¬
stitution.
Furthermore, each Secretary is hereby notified that it is his duty to
make known such proposed alterations of the Constitution to the
Convention of his Diocese or Convocation of his Missionary District
at its next meeting, and to certify to the Secretary of the House of
Deputies that such action has been taken by him.
FRANKLIN J. CLARK
Secretary of the House of Deputies
281 Fourth Avenue, New York City
January 3, 1944
— @ —
Amendments to the Constitution Proposed at the General Convention
of 1943, and to Be Finally Acted Upon at the Convention of 1946
That amendments to the Constitution, as set forth below, were pro¬
posed to the General Convention, and by resolve thereof, were directed
to be sent to the Ecclesiastical Authority of every Diocese and Mis¬
sionary District, and to the Secretary of the Convention of ever
Diocese, and of the Convocation of every Missionary District, to Yr
made known to the Diocesan Convention or the Missionary District
Convocation at its next meeting:
(1) Amend Article X of the Constitution as follows:
Strike out, in lines 16 and 17, the words: “wdthin the boundaries
of the United States of America”; and in lines 2 6 and 2 7 the words:
“within the boundaries of the United States.”
FORTY-SEVENTH ANNUAL COUNCIL
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(2) Amend the first sentence of Article I, Sec. 3, so that the same
will read as follows:
“At the General Convention next before the expiration of the term
of the office of the Presiding Bishop, it shall elect the Presiding Bishop
of the Church.”
(3) Amend Article I, Sec. 2, of the Constitution, so that it will
read as follows:
“Sec. 2. Every Bishop of this Church having jurisdiction, every
Bishop Coadjutor, every Suffragan Bishop, and every Bishop who
under an election to an office created by the General Convention has
resigned his jurisdiction, shall have a seat and vote in the House of
Bishops. Every Bishop who by reason of advanced age or bodily in¬
firmity has resigned his jurisdiction shall have a seat without vote
in the House of Bishops. A majority of all Bishops entitled to vote,
exclusive of Foreign Missionary Bishops, shall be necessary to consti¬
tute a quorum for the transactions of business.”
And amend Article X of the Constitution by striking out the words:
“excluding retired Bishops not present.”
And amend Article XI of the Constitution by striking out the
words: “excluding retired Bishops not present.”
(4) Amend third paragraph of Article VIII of the Constitution of
that the paragraph shall read as follows:
“If any Bishop ordains a priest or deacon to minister elsewhere
than in this Church, or confers ordination as priest or deacon upon a
Christian minister who has not received Episcopal ordination, he shall
do so only in accordance with such provisions as shall be set forth in
the Canons of this Church.”
Amend Article VIII so that the Article shall read as follows:
“No person shall be ordered Priest or Deacon to minister in this
Church until he shall have been examined by the Bishop and two
Priests and shall have exhibited such testimonials and other requisites
as the Canons in that case provided may direct. No persons shall be
ordained and consecrated Bishop, or ordered Priest or Deacon to min¬
ister in this Church, unless at the time, in the presence of the ordain¬
ing Bishop or Bishops, he shall subscribe and make the following
declaration:
“ T do believe the Holy Scriptures of the Old and New Testaments,
to be the Word of God, and to contain all things necessary to salva¬
tion; and I do solemnly engage to conform to the Doctrine, Discipline,
and Worship of the Protestant Episcopal Church in the United States
of America.’
“Provided, however, that any person consecrated a Bishop to min¬
ister in any Diocese or Missionary District of an autonomous Church
or Province of a Church in Communion with this Church may, instead
of the foregoing Declaration, make the promises of Conformity re¬
quired by the Church in which he is to minister.
“If any Bishop ordains a Priest or Deacon to minister elsewhere
than in this Church, or confers ordination as Priest or Deacon upon a
Christian minister who has not received Episcopal ordination, he shall
do so only in accordance with such provisions as shall be set forth in
the Canons of this Church.
“No person ordained by a foreign Bishop, or by a Bishop not in
communion with this Church, shall b epermitted to officiate as a Min¬
ister of this Church until he shall have complied with the Canon or
Canons in that case provided, and also shall have subscribed the
aforesaid declaration.”
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DIOCESE OF NORTHERN INDIANA
T he following resolution was likewise adopted by both
Houses :
Resolved, The House of Bishops concurring, that all alterations in
the Constitution proposed at this General Convention be sent by the
Secretary of the House of Deputies to the Ecclesiastical authority of
every Diocese or Missionary District, and to the Secretary of the
Convention of every Diocese, and of the Convocation of every Mis¬
sionary District, to be made known to the Diocese Convention or the
Missionary District Convocation at its next meeting.
REPORT ON THE STATE OF THE CHURCH
IN THE DIOCESE OF NORTHERN INDIANA
All Diocesan Parochial Reports were received either by the Bishop
of the Diocese or the Secretary, with the only exception of
Christ Church, Huntington
FOR THE YEAR 1944
Adults, 6 0
Female, 104
Total,
Total,
303
179
Holy Baptisms _ Children, 24 3
Confirmations _ Male, 75
Marriages _ Total, 8 3
Burials _ Total, 141
Communicants _ Total, 54 0 5
Respectfully submitted,
ERLAND L. GROTON, Secretary
For: The Reverend Don H. Copeland,
Chairman, Field Department
REPORT OF THE TRUSTEES
OF THE DIOCESE OF NORTHERN INDIANA
Upon motion, seconded and unanimously carried, the following
resolution was adopted:
RESOLVED by the Board of Trustees of the Diocese of Northern
Indiana that all acts of The First National Bank of Mishawaka, as
trustee, as reported to this Bo^rd of Trustees in the report of said
bank as trustee, presented to this meeting be and the same are hereby
in all things ratified and approved; and be it further
RESOLVED that all purchases and sales of securities made by
said bank as trustee, as reported by it to this meeting, are hereby
in all things approved; and be it further
RESOLVED that said The First National Bank of Mishawaka,
as trustee, is hereby authorized and directed that any premiums
which might have been paid in the purchase of securities should not
be amortized or charged off; and be it further
RESOLVED that said The First National Bank of Mishawaka,
as trustee, is hereby authorized and empowered to hold and retain in
the Trust Accounts of the Diocese of Northern Indiana all assets,
securities and property shown by its reports submitted at this meeting
to be held by said bank as trustee; and said trustee is authorised
and empowered to hold and retain said assets, securities and property
until such time as it may appear to said bank as trustee to be advis¬
able to sell or dispose of the same or any part or portion thereof, or
until said trustee is authorized and directed by this Board to sell or
dispose of any part of said assets, securities or property.
-(-REGINALD MALLETT
CHARLES M. RICHARDSON
DONALD B. SMITH
GILBERT A. ELLIOTT
FORTY-SEVENTH ANNUAL COUNCIL
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I, GILBERT A. ELLIOTT, Secretary of the Board of Trustees
of the Diocese of Northern Indiana, hereby certify that the above is
a true copy from the Minutes of a meeting of said Board of Trustees
held April 14, 19 4 5, at which a quorum was present; and that same
is a true copy of the whole of said resolution and that said resolu¬
tion is still in force.
Dated:
April 14, 19 4 5.
GILBERT A. ELLIOTT, Secretary
REPORT OF THE
TREASURER OF THE DIOCESE
The First National Bank of Mishawaka, Ind. January 1, 1944 to
Trustee for Diocese of Northern Indiana December 31, 19 44
ENDOWMENT FUND
December 31, 19 4 3 Balance on Hand _ $265.48
Receipts:
Jan. 3, 1944 Int., Canadian Pacific R.R. _ $ 60.00
Int., Grand Trunk Ry. _ 14 0.00
Int., P.C.C. & St. L. R.R. _ 45.00
Int., Great Northern Ry. _ 100.00
Int., Term. R.R. Assoc, of St. L._ 219.44
Div., Montgomery Ward & Co _ 4.50
Int., Central Maine Power _ 17.50
Int., Ohio Public Service Co. _ 60.00
Int., Central Vermont Pub. Serv._ 17.50
Int., Northern States Power _ 70.00
Febr. 10 Int., Community Public Serv. Co._ 60.00
29 Int., Col. & So. Ohio Elec _ 16.25
March 14 Int., U. S. Treasury _ 4.32
31 Int., U. S. Treasury, Series G _ 12.50
April 3 Div., Towne Securities Corp. _ 12.00
3 Div., Towne Securities Corp.
(Rec’d 12-11-4 3 and debited
to Memorial Fund in
error) _ 18.00
3 Int., Canadian Southern Ry. _ 25.00
15 Div., Montgomery Ward & Co. __ 4.50
May 1 Int., H. O. L. C, _ 4.5 0
1 Int., U. S. Treasury _ 12.50
June 1 Int., H. O. L. C. _ 3.00
1 Int., Piedmont & Northern _ 5 6.25
8 Called: H.O.L.C. 3%; 1952 _ 300.00
July 1 Int., Term. R.R. Ass’n of St. L. — 219.31
1 Int., City of New York _ 13.75
1 Int., City of New York _ 13.75
1 Int., Grand Trunk Western - 140.00
1 Int., Great Northern Ry. _ 100.00
1 Int., C.C.C. & St. Louis _ 45.00
1 Int., Canadian Pacific Ry. _ 60.00
15 Div., Montgomery Ward & Co. _ 4.50
15 Final Pay’t 218 Franklin
Bldg. Corp. _ 4000.00
August 1 Int., Central Maine Power _ 17.50
1 Int., Central Vermont Power _ 17.50
1 Int., Ohio Public Service Co. - 60.00
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DIOCESE OF NORTHERN INDIANA
1 Int., Northern States Power Co _ 70.00
Sept. 1 Int., Community Pub. Serv. Co. __ 6 0.00
1 Int., Col. & So. Ohio Electric _ 16.25
15 Int., U.S. Treasury _ 2.75
15 Int., do. _ 4.32
Int., do. _ 22.00
Int., do. _ 1.25
Oct. 2 Int., Canada Southern _ 25.00
16 Div., Montgomery Ward & Co. __ 4.5 0
31 Int., U. S. Treasury _ 12.50
Dec. 2 Int., H. O. L. C. _ 3.00
20 Int., Piedmont & Northern _ 56.25 6,231.89
' $6,497.37
Disbursements:
Jan. 10,1944 James A. Haberly, Treas. _ 516.07
Febr. 11 do. _ 16 9.50
March 10 do. - 7 6.25
April 10 do. - 71.82
May 10 do. - 21.50
2 3 First Insurance Agency _ 56.47
June 10 Service Charges (12-2 2-4 3
to 6-10-44) _ 48.44
2 2 Pur. U. S. Treas. 2 44 c/o ;
1965-70 500.00
July 10 James A. Haberly, Treas. _ 54 6.15
20 Pur. U. S. Treas. 2%%;
1965-70 _ 4010.00
Int., U. S. Treasury _ 6.7 9
Aug. 9 James A. Haberly, Treas. _ 16 2.71
Sept. 11 do. - 76.25
Oct. 9 do. _ 55.32
Nov. 11 do. _ 17.00
Dec. 12 Service Charges: 6-10-4 4 to
12-10-44 _ 50.14 $6,384.41
Dec. 31 Balance on Hand _ 112.96
$6,497.37
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BONDS HELD BY FIRST NATIONAL BANK OF MISHAWAKA,
INDIANA, TRUSTEE FOR THE DIOCESE OF
NORTHERN INDIANA
AS OF DECEMBER 31, 1944
January
$13,000
3,000
2,000
7,000
4,000
1,000
& July
Terminal RR Ass’n of St
Canadian Pacific Ry. Co.
Cleve., Cin., Chi. & St. Lo
(Int. due 15th of Month)
Rate
Due Ann. Int.
February & August
$ 2,000 Ohio Publi
1,000 do _
1,0 00 Central Mj
1,000 Central Ve
4,0 00 Northern i
March & September
$ 3,00 0 Communit;
1,000
4,500
300
4,000
500
Columbus & Southern Ohio
Electric Co. _
Chatelaine Tower Apts. _
(In default)
U. S. Treasury _
(Int. due 15th of Month)
U. S. Treasury _
(Int. due 15th of Month)
U. S. Treasury _
(Int. due 15th of Month)
April & October
$ 1,000 Canada Southern Railway Co.
1,000 U. S. War Bonds, Series G _
May & November
$ 1,000 U. S. War Bonds, Series G _
June & December
; 400
3,000
10 Sh.
9 Sh.
Towne Securities Corp.
(Received in 19 44)
Montgomery Ward & Co.
(Received in 1944)
$
#
CO
1
1974
$438.75
4%
Perp.
120.00
-4V2%
1977
90.00
4%
1950
280.00
. 5%
1975
200.00
. 2%%
1966
27.50
4%
1962
80.00
4%
1962
40.00
- 3 V2 %
1966
35.00
-3 1/2%
1966
35.00
- 31/2%
1967
140.00
4%
1964
120.00
- 31/4%
1970
32.50
. 6 y2 %
1937
—
2 % %
60/55
8.62
-21/2%
70/65
100.00
2V2%
70/65
12.50
__ 5%
1962
50.00
-21/2%
1955
25.00
•vN
i-G
csi
1
1
1953
25.00
— li/2%
45/47
6.00
-3%%
1966
112.50
12.00
18.00
Total
.$2,008.37
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DIOCESE OF NORTHERN INDIANA
The First National Bank of Mishawaka, Ind. December 31, 194 3 to
Trustee for Memorial Fund, Women’s Auxiliary December 31, 19 4 4
December 31, 1943 Balance on Hand _ $46.33
Receipts:
March 14, 1944 Int., U. S. Treasury _ 5.0 0
Int., do. _ 1.50
Int., do. _ 25.00
31 Int., do. _ 1.25
April 13 Gift _ 2.00
May 1 Int., H. O. L. A. _ 3.7 5
June 1 Int., U. S. Treas. _ 2.5 0
8 Called: H.O.L.C. Bond 3%; 1952_250.00
15 Int., U. S. Treasury _ 4.11
19 Clara Edgerton Trusteeship — •
Semi Annual Dist. _ 7 4.14
Sept. 15 Int., U. S. Treasury _ 5.00
Int., do. _ 25.00
Int., do. _ 1.50
30 Int., do. _ 12.50
Dec. 1 Int., do. _ 2.50
2 Int., do. _ 2.50
14 Gift _ 7.00
20 Int., U. S. Treasury _ 4.14
15 Clara Edgerton Trusteeship —
Semi Annual Dist. _ 89.43
$518.82
$565.15
Distribution:
Jan. 10 Mrs. Armeda Fritz, Treas. _ 16.12
3 To Transfer Credit for Div. from
Towne Securities Corp. rec’d
12-11-43. Was credited to
Endowment Fund in error. _ 18.00
April 10 Mrs. Armeda Fritz _ 14.75
May 10 do. - 3.75
2 3 First Insurance Agency _ 3.01
June 10 Service Charges _ 2.40
2 2 Pur. U. S. Treas. Bonds;
2 y2 % ; 1956 _ 200.00
July 10 Mrs. Armeda Fritz, Treas. _ 1.20
Oct. 10 do. _ 44.00
Dec. 12 Service Charges _ 2.86
Mrs. Armeda Fritz, Treas. _ 2.14 308.23
Dec. 31, 1944 Balance on Hand _ 256.92
$565.15
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BONDS HELD BY FIRST NATIONAL BANK OF MISHAWAKA,
TRUSTEE FOR MEMORIAL FUND, WOMEN’S AUXILIARY,
DIOCESE OF NORTHERN INDIANA
December 31, 1944
January and July
Rate
Due
An. Int.
$ 200.00 U. S. War Bonds, Series G _
March and September
2 y2 %
1955
$ 5.00
4 00.00 U. S. Treasury
(Int. due 15th of Month)
■2%%
67/72
10.00
2,000.00 U. S. Treasury
(Int. due 15th of Month)
-2V2%
67/72
50.00
10 0.00 U. S. Treasury
(Int. due 15th of Month)
April and October
. 3
55/51
3.00
100.00 U. S. War Bonds, Series G__
June and December
2 Vz %
1955
2.50
3 0 0.00 U. S. Treasury
(Int. due 15th of Month)
2%%
1965
8.25
2 0 0.00 U. S. Treasury
■ 2 % Vz
1956
5.00
Total
_ $83.75
The First National Bank of Mishawaka,
Ind.
December 31,
1943 to
Trustee for Gordon Latta Memorial Fund
December
31, 1944
December 31, 1943 Balance on Hand _ $101.76
Receipts
Jan. 3, 1944 Int., Can. Pacific Ry. _ $ 40.00
March 31 Int., U. S. Treasury _ 1.25
May 1 Int., H. O. L. C. _ 4.50
Int., U. S. Treasury _ 15.00
June 1 Int., Piedmont & Northern _ 18.75
8 Called: H. O. L. C. Bond _ 300.00
July 1 Int., Canadian Pacific _ 4 0.00
Sept. 30 Int., U. S. Treasury _ 1.25
Oct. 31 Int., U. S. Treasury _ 15.00
Dec. 1 Int., U. S. Treasury _ 3.75
2 Int., Piedmont & Northern _ 18.75 458.25
$560.01
Disbursements
Jan. 10, 1944 W. C. Latta, Treas. _ 36.97
April 10 do. _ 1.25
May 10 do. _ 19.50
23 First Insurance Agency _ 4.0 5
June 10 Service Charge _ 4.28
13 W. C. Lata, Treas. _ 10.42
22 Pur. U. S. Treas.; 2 V2 % ; 1956___300.00
July 10 W. C. Latta, Treas. _ 40.00
Oct. 9 do. _ 1.25
Nov. 11 do. _ 15.00
Dec. 12 Service Charge _ 4.24
12 W. C. Latta, Treas. _ 18.26 455.22
Dec. 31 Balance on Hand _ 104.79
$560.01
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DIOCESE OF NORTHERN INDIANA
BONDS HELD BY FIRST NATIONAL BANK OF MISHAWAKA,
INDIANA, TRUSTEE FOR GORDON LATTA MEMORIAL FUND
DECEMBER 31, 1944
January & July
$2,000 Canadian Pacific Ry. Co. _
April & October
100.00 U. S. War Bonds, Series G _
May & November
1,200 U.S. Savings Bond, Serial G _
June & December
1,000 Piedmont & Northern Ry. _
3 0 0.00 U. S. Treasury _
r
Rate
Due Ann. Int.
4%
Perp.
$80.00
2 y2 %
1955
2.50
1953
30.00
3%%
1966
37.50
2 V2 %
1956
7.50
Total _ $157.50
Diocese of Northern Indiana
James H. Haberly, Treasurer, Ft. Wayne, Ind.
STATEMENT OF RECEIPTS AND DISBURSEMENTS
BEGINNING JANUARY 16, 1944, ENDING JANUARY 15, 1945
Balance in Bank January 16, 1944 _ $ 990.24
Receipts:
From Assessments 1944 ($6,289.31 less
discount $281.15) _ $ 6,008.16
From Assessments Delinquent _ 541.87
From Diocesan Offering for Theological
Education _ 6 8.66
Income from Securities and Bonds in Trust _ 1,770.05
Contribution to Upkeep of Bishop’s House _ 8.9 2
Dividend and Interest Old-First National
Bank (Final) _ 4.91
Special Assessment (Expense of Consecration and
Bishop’s House) _ 1,346.25
Bishop’s Thank Offering (Gray) _ 1,203.47
Refund by Bishop Mallett on Moving Expense __ 5 0.50
Refund by Province of the Mid- West on
Telegrams, etc. _ 25.16
Over-payments on Assessments by Huntington and
Hammond _ _ _ _ 1.55 12,019.74
Disbursements:
ACCOUNT BISHOP:
Salary, 1944, Bishop Gray _ 2,975.00
Salary, 1944, Bishop Mallett _ 1,012.50
Travel Expense, 19 4 4, Bishop Gray _ 63.9 6
Travel Expense, 19 44, Bishop Mallett _ 106.32
Stenographic Service _ _ _ 250.00
Stationery, Postage, Printing & Supplies _ 4 6 4.98
Barrett Law Assessments — Bishop’s House __ 10.54
Upkeep Bishop’s House _ 21.50
Theological Education _ 282.63
Bishop’s Thank Offering (Gray) - - - 1,203.47
Expense of Consecration — Non-recurring
Expense _ 2,341.81
DIOCESAN SECRETARY:
Salary _ 150.00
Supplies _ 15.46
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CHURCH PENSION FUND:
Bishop Gray - 157.50
Dean Groton _ 9.42
Bishop Mallett _ 138.91
MISCELLANEOUS DIOCESAN EXPENSE:
Province of the Mid- West (1944) _ 78.50
General Convention _ 216.00
Printing Diocesan Journal _ 2 64.00
Supplies _ 20.89
TREASURER’S MISCELLANEOUS EXPENSE:
Clerical Work _ 150.00
Postage, Stationery, Printing, Bond _ 57.52
Audit _ 5.00
Refund to Huntington for Over-payment on
Assessment _ 1.52 9,997.43
Balance in Bank January 15, 19 45 _ $ 2,022.31
JAMES H. HABERLY, Treasurer
I have examined the books of accounts and records of the Diocese of
Northern Indiana, Inc., James H. Haberly, Treasurer, for the period
beginning January 16, 1944, and ending January 15, 1945, and have
reconciled the balance in bank as shown by your records with the
Lincoln National Bank and Trust Company, Fort Wayne, Indiana,
as at January 15, 1945. Vouchers have been presented for all dis¬
bursements made. Cash receipts shown by your records have not
been verified except as to mathematical accuracy. Subject to the
foregoing, the above is a true and correct statement of cash receipts
and disbursements during the above mentioned period.
M. BURTON KELLER, -
Auditor
Diocese of Northern Indiana
James H. Haberly Treasurer, Fort Wayne, Ind.
FINANCIAL STATEMENT AS OF JANUARY 15, 1945
ASSETS
Balance in Bank January 15? 1945 _ $2,022.31
Due from Parishes and Missions:
1944 Delinquent Assesments _ $1,2 72.72
1943 ” ” 1,017.74
1942 ” ” 650.41
1941 ” ” 204.56
1940 ” ” 213.36
1939 ” ” 179.18 3,537.97
TOTAL _ $5,560.28
LIABILITIES
Accounts Payable: _ None
Funds Held in Escrow:
Treasurer’s Revolving Fund _ $525.00
Upkeep of Bishop’s House _ 8.9 2
Erland L. Groton and
Don H. Copeland, Trustees _ 125.00 658.92
EXCESS OF ASSETS OVER LIABILITIES _ $4,901.36
$5,560.28
JAMES H. HABERLY, Treasurer
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DIOCESE OF NORTHERN INDIANA
Diocese of Northern Indiana
James H. Haberly Treasurer, Fort Wayne, Ind.
INCOME FROM SECURITIES AND BONDS IN TRUST
FROM JANUARY 16, 1944 TO JANUARY 15, 1945
Grand Trunk Western Ry. _ $280.00
Canadian Pacific _ 120.00
Cleveland, Cincinnati, Chicago & St. Louis Railway _ 90.00
Great Northern Railway Co. _ 200.00
Columbus & Southern Ohio Electric _ 32.50
City of New York _ 27.50
Central Maine Power Co. _ 3 5.00
Ohio Public Service Corp. _ 120.00
Terminal R. R. Assn, of St. Louis _ 438.75
Central Vermont Public Service Co. _ 3 5.0 A
Northern States Power Co. _ 140.00
Community Public Service Co. _ 120.00
U. S. Treasury _ 72.14
Home Owners Loan Corporation _ 10.50
Piedmont & Northern Railway Co. _ 112.50
Montgomery Ward & Co. _ 18.00
Towne Securities Corp. _ 30.00
Canadian Southern _ 50.00
TOTAL _ $1,931.89
LESS: Deductions for
Burglary Insurance _ $ 56.47
Service Charge _ 9 8.58
Interest on U. S. Bond Purchase _ 6.79 161.84
NET INCOME from Securities and Bonds in Trust _ $1,770.05
JAMES H. HABERLY, Treasurer
Diocese of Northern Indiana
James H. Haberly Treasurer, Fort Wayne, Ind.
REPORT ON DIOCESAN EXPENSE ASSESSMENTS
FOR YEAR 1944, AS OF JANUARY 15, 1945
Parishes and Missions Assessm’ts Paid to Delinquent
1944 Date 1944 Previous
Bristol, St. John’s _ $$42.62 $ 42.62
Delphi, St. Mary’s _ 45.66 45.66
E. Chicago, Good Shepherd. 216.89 216.89
Elkhart, St. John’s _ 5 9 6.62 596.62
Fort Wayne, Trinity _ 1318.81 1318.81
Gary, Christ Church _ 777.74 $ 777.74 $1,128.45
Gary, St. Augustine’s _ 19.03 19.03
Gas City, St. Paul’s _ 4 6.42 46.42
Goshen, St. James’ _ 260.26 260.26
Hammond, St. Paul’s _ 3 7 5.93 375.93
Hartford City - 3.04 2.75
Hobart, St. Stephen’s _ 29.68 29.68
Howe, St. Mark’s _ 5 5.55 55.55
Huntington, Christ Church _ 2.28 2.28
Indiana Harbor, St. Alban’s. 121.76 33.13 78.52
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Kendallville
26.64
24.42
41.92
Kokomo, St. Andrew’s
333.32
333.32
LaPorte, St. Paul’s
326.47
326.47
Logansport, Trinity
163.62
150.04
977.59
Marion, Gethsemane
258.74
258.74
Michigan City, Trinity _
_ 665.88
665.88
Mishawaka, St. Paul’s
329.51
329.51
Peru, Trinity
261.02
239.25
117.29
Plymouth, St. Thomas
260.26
260.26
South Bend, St. James’ _
___ 929.94
929.94
South Bend, Trinity
82.19
82.19
Valparaiso, St. Andrew’s
Wawasee, All Saints’
___ 56.31
56.31
3.81
3.81
$7610.00
6289.31
1272.72
2265.25
JAMES H. HABERLY, Treasurer
Diocese of Northern Indiana
Janies H. Haberly, Treasurer, Fort Wayne, Indiana
BISHOP GRAY’S THANK OFFERING
FEBRUARY AND MARCH, 1944
RECEIPTS
Trustees, Howe Military School _ $300.0 0
Mishawaka, St. Paul’s Pro-Cathedral _ 230.00
South Bend, Trinity _ 3 5.00
Fort Wayne, Trinity _ 17 5.00
St. James’ and St. Mark’s, Howe _ 50.00
Marion, Gethsemane _ 30.00
Kokomo, St. Andrew’s _ 22.15
Elkhart, St. John’s _ 122.02
South Bend, St. James’ _ 10 0.00
E. Chicago, Good Shepherd _ 28.00
Hammond, St. Paul’s _ 5 6.00
Longansport, Trinity _ 16.10
Peru, Trinity _ 8.70
Delphi, St. Mary’s _ 2.50
LaPorte, St. Paul’s _ 10.00
Bristol, St. John’s _ 18.00
TOTAL RECEIPTS _ $1,203.47
DISBURSEMENTS
February 7, 19 44, Check to Bishop Gray _ $1000.00
February 2 9, 1944, Check to Bishop Gray - 161.67
March 3, 1944, Check to Bishop Gray _ 41.80
TOTAL DISBURSEMENTS _ $1,203.47
Balance _ 00 0.00
JAMES H. HABERLY, Treasurer
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DIOCESE OF NORTHERN INDIANA
Diocese of Northern Indiana
James H. Haberly, Treasurer, Fort Wayne, Ind.
DIOCESAN OFFERING
FOR THEOLOGICAL EDUCATION
FROM JANUARY 16, 1944 TO JANUARY 15, 1945
LaPorte, St. Paul’s _ $ 16.32
Logansport, Trinity _ 11.75
Plymouth, St. Thomas’ _ 8.75
South Bend, St. James’ _ 31.84
TOTAL _ $ 68.66
Check to Bishop Mallett, January 3, 1945 _ $68.66
00.00
JAMES H. HABERLY, Treasurer
Diocese of Northern Indiana
James H. Haberly Treasurer, Fort Wayne, Ind.
REPORT ON SPECIAL ASSESSMENT
Adopted by Bishop and Council September 25, 1944
For Non-Recurring Expense
RECEIPTS
Parishes and Missions Assessments
Pad
Bristol, St. John’s
$ 3.00
$ 3.00
Delphi, St. Mary’s
3.00
3.00
East Chicago, Good Shepherd
37.50
37.50
Elkhart, St. John’s
120.00
120.00
Fort Wayne, Trinity
Gary, Christ Church
255.00
153.00
255.00
Gary, St. Augustine’s
.75
.75
Gas City, St. Paul’s
7.50
7.50
Goshen, St. James’
60.00
60.00
Hammond, St. Paul’s
Hartford City, St. Luke’s _
82.50
.75
82.50
Hobart, St. Stephen’s
Howe, St. Mark’s
4.50
4.50
15.00
15.00
Huntington, Christ Church _
_ _ _
_
Indiana Harbor, St. Alban’s.
_ 15.00
15.00
Kendallville
_ _ _
Kokomo, St. Andrew’s
75.00
75.00
LaPorte, St. Paul’s
75.00
75.00
Logansport, Trinity
22.50
22.50
Marion, Gethsemane
45.00
45.00
Michigan City, Trinity
135.00
135.00
Mishawaka, St. Paul’s
90.00
90.00
Peru, Trinity
22.50
22.50
Plymouth, St. Thomas’
52.50
52.50
South Bend, St. James’
187.50
187.50
South Bend, Holy Trinity -
22.50
22.50
Valparaiso, St. Andrew’s -
Wawasee, All Saints’ -
15.00
15.00
—
—
Total Assessment _ $1500.00
Total Paid _ $1346.25
Received from Bishop Mallett —
Refund on Moving _ 50.50
Unpaid
$153.00
.75
15 3.75 Total
Unpaid
Total Receipts
$1396.75
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DISBURSEMENTS
J. McNeal Wheatley (Travel May 16 to July 31, 1944) _ $ 133.16
Reginald Mallett (Expense of Visit) _ 8 2.00
Oliver Hotel, South Bend (Expense of Above Visit) _ 8.00
McDonough Prtg. Ofc. (Testimonials of Election of Bishop). 58.75
Northern Ind. Public Serv. Co. (Stove for Bishop’s House).. 176.50
Mishawaka Transfer Co. (Trucking Oratory) _ 4.38
Rev. Peter Langendorlf (Telephone Calls) _ 6.75
Erland L. Groton (Cleaning Bishop’s House) _ 14.00
Erland L. Groton and Don H. Copeland as Trustees
(Consecration Expense) _ 400.00
Trinity Church, Fort Wayne (Telephone and Telegraph) _ 123.77
Reginald Mallett (Cost of Moving from Baltimore) _ 1091.9 5
Orval Lemler (Painting Interior Bishop’s House) _ 216.25
Mishawaka Transfer Co. (Moving Files to Bishop’s House) __ 4.12
Erland L. Groton and Don H. Copeland (Final on
Consecration Expense) _ 16.45
Co-operative Publishing Co. (Cut of Bishop Mallett) _ 3.7 3
Total Disbursements _ $2,341.81
Funds Escrowed to Credit of Erland L. Groton and
Don H. Copeland, Trustees _ 12 5.00
Total Non-Recurring Expense _ $2,466.81
Total Receipts _ $1,3 96.75
Funds Re-allocated from Bishop’s Unused
Salary Account _ 1,0 70.06
Total Funds for Non-Recuring Expense _ $2,466.81
JAMES H. HABERLY
Treasurer
Diocese of Northern Indiana
MISSIONARY FUND — REPORT OF AUDIT
FOR THE PERIOD BETWEEN JAN, 15, 1944 TO JAN. 15, 1945
March 19, 1945
The Bishop and Council
Diocese of Northern Indiana
Mishawaka, Indiana
Gentlemen:
We have examined the records of the Treasurer of the Missionary
Fund of the Diocese of Northern Indiana and his report for the year
ended January 15, 1945, a copy of which follows these comments.
In the course of the examination, we traced all recorded receipts
to the depository, compared the checks paid with the record of dis¬
bursements, proved the additions, and reconciled the balance of funds
on deposit January 15, 19 4 5, with the bank statement as follows:
Balance per Treasurer’s Report _ $4,527.45
ADD — Checks Outstanding:
#2748 $24.40
#2751 12.50
#2755 _ 2.80 39.70
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DIOCESE OF NORTHERN INDIANA
DEDUCT — Check # 262 6 Cancelled and Funds
Deposited 1-24-45 _ 132.00
BALANCE per Bank Statement _ $4,4 35.15
All checks compared with the record were properly signed and
compared with vouchers issued therefor. We did not verify the segre¬
gation of receipts or disbursements. Records were readily available
for audit and in excellent order.
In our opinion, the funds have been properly accounted for.
Respectfully submitted,
WILLETT & WHARTON,
Certified Public Accountants
Diocese of Northern Indiana
MISSIONARY FUND
Summary of Receipts and Disbursements and Bank Balance
JANUARY 15, 1944 TO JANUARY 15, 1945
BANK BALANCE, January 15, 19 44 _
ADD — RECEIPTS :
Diocese (Schedule 1) _ $8,296.73
Domestic and Foreign Missions _ 1,534.00
Mite Boxes _ 1,878.89
Army and Navy Commission _ 765.86
Payment on Loans _ 100.00
Women’s Auxiliary of No. Indiana _ 10 0.00
Gethsemane, Marion, for Hungarian Miss. _ 5.0 0
Good Friday Collection — Hobart _ 2.20
Refund _ 4.00
$3,748.15
12,686.68
LESS— DISBURSEMENTS:
Missionary Stipends — National _ $1,534.00
Diocesan Stipends _ 1,562.50
Army and Navy Commission _ 765.86
Mite Box — Lenten Offering _ 1,8 78.65
Pension Premium Payments _ 127.33
Insurance _ 36.76
Department of Publicity _ 6 5 7.26
Department of Field _ 33 0.80
Secretary to Bishop and Council _ 12 3.72
Secretary to Bishop _ 235.50
Postage, Insurance, Contingencies _ 63.0 0
Personal Care _ 255.00
Pledge to National Council _ 2,507.00
Special Gifts or Loans _ 605.00
Special Mission Funds _ 1,200.00
Auditing _ 20.00
Treasurer’s Bond _ 5.00
$16,434.83
11,907.38
BALANCE IN BANK— January 15, 194 5
$4,527.45
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MISSIONARY FUND
Cash Receipts — January 15, 1944 to January 15, 1945
RECEIPTS FROM PARISHES & MISSIONS:
Fort Wayne, Trinity _ $ 2,000.00
Howe, St. Mark’s _ 110.39
Marion, Gethsemane _ 491.28
Kokomo, St. Andrew’s _ 3 3 9.97
Logansport, Trinity _ 10.00
Peru, Trinity _ 75.60
Gas City, St. Paul’s _ 37.0 0
Kendallville, Trinity _ 5.00
Huntington, Christ Church _ 5.00
South Bend, St. James’ _ 1,200.00
South Bend, Trinity _ 348.59
Mishawaka, St. Paul’s _ 752.65
Elkhart, St. John’s _ 8 5 7.00
Goshen, St. James’ _ 16 3.02
Plymouth, St. Thomas’ _ 10 8.82
Bristol, St. John’s _ 20.00
Wawasee, All Saints’ _ _
Gary, St. Augustine’s _ 25.00
Hammond, St. Paul’s _ 412.01
East Chicago, Good Shepherd _ _
Hobart, St. Stephen’s _ 25.00
Valparaiso, St. Andrew’s _ 15.00
LaPorte, St. Paul’s _ 255.4 0
Michigan City, Trinity _ 8 4 0.00
Indiana Harbor, St. Alban’s _ _
Gary, Christ Church _ 200.00
Delphi, St. Mary’s _ _
Hartford City, St. Luke’s _ _
TOTAL _ $8,296.73
DIOCESAN EXPENSE BUDGET FOR THE YEAR 1946
Approved by the Diocesan Council May 2, 1945
Salary of the Bishop _ $5,400.00
Pension Fund Premium for the Bishop _ 473.00
Bishop’s Office Expense - 300.00
Bishop’s Stenographer _ 3 00.00
Bishop’s Traveling Expense _ 400.00
Upkeep of Bishop’s House and Insurance - 2 7 5.00
Provincial Synod Assessment - 10 0.00
Salary, Secretary of the Diocese - 150.00
Pension Fund Premium for Secretary of the Diocese - 12.00
Secretary’s Office _ 50.0 0
Publishing and Distributing Diocesan Journal - 2 50.00
For Discounts, Monthly Payments - 270.00
Treasurer’s Bond - 5.00
Auditing _ 5.00
Treasurer’s Office Expense - - 15 0.00
Treasurer’s Office, Postage, Printing, Stationery - 50.0 0
Theological Education Fund _ _ _ 3 00.00
Bishop and Deputy Fund to General Convention - - - 450.0 0
Annual Assessment, Presiding Bishop and Gen. Convention. 220.00
$9,160.00
Less Estimated Income from Endowment - 1,800.00
$7,360.00
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DIOCESE OF NORTHERN INDIANA
DEPARTMENT OF MISSIONS BUDGET FOR THE YEAR 1946
Approved by the Diocesan Council May 2, 1945
Huntington - $ 400.00
Delphi _ 100.00
Gas City - 150.00
Hartford City _ 150.00
St. John’s, Bristol _ _ 500.00
St. Alban’s, Indiana Harbor _ 1,000.00
St. Stephen’s, Hobart; St. Andrew’s, Valparaiso;
St. Augustine’s, Gary _ _ 9 8 4.00
Secretary, Department of Missions _ 100.0 0
Pensions _ 439.38
New Work at Culver _ 5 5 0.00
Trinity Hungarian, South Bend _ 1,200.00
Trinity Hungarian Building Fund _ 50 0.00
Secretary to the Bishop _ 300.00
Treasurer’s Bond _ 5.00
Auditing _ _ _ 20.0 0
Postage, Stationery and Contingencies _ 35.0 0
National Church* _ 4,841.00
$11,274.38
* Included in the National Church pledge of 4,841.00 is an expectancy
of $2,500.00 from the Church School Lenten Mite Box Offering.
BUDGET OF THE BISHOP AND COUNCIL DEPARTMENTS
FOR THE YEAR 1946
Approved by the Diocesan Council May 2, 1945
Department of Missions _ r _ $11,274.38
Army and Navy Commission _ 25.00
Forward in Service _ 50.00
Department of Religious Education _ 3 00.00
Department of Field _ 500. 01
Department of Christian Social Relations _ 5 0.00
Department of Publicity _ 800.00
$12,999.38
FORTY-SEVENTH ANNUAL COUNCIL
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PARISH AND MISSION DIRECTORY
(Correct As Of May 1, 1945)
PARISHES
BRISTOL, St. John’s Church — Priest-in-charge, The Rev. Leo
Kenneth D. Patterson, Goshen, Indiana. Wardens: Mr. Henry Dus-
sel, The Rev. Bruce Hosier. Lay Reader: The Rev. Bruce Hosier.
Treasurer: Mrs. Ray Hall. Clerk: Mr. Ray Hall. Organizations: St.
John’s Guild, 15; Altar Guild Circle, 6; Church School, 10.
DELPHI, St. Mary Church— Priest-in-charge, The Rev. Clarence
C. Reimer, Logansport, Indiana. Parish Treasurer: Catherine S.
Brackenridge, 212 East Main St. Organizations: Woman’s Auxiliary,
2.
EAST CHICAGO, Church of the Good Shepherd — Rector, The
Rev. William E. Hoffenbacher, 1021 Columbus Drive (on leave of ab¬
sence) priest-in-charge, The Rev. John Elliott Kuhns, 3216 Altgeld
Street, Chicago, Illinois. Lay Reader: Mr. Frank H. Whitmore, 120 5
Beacon Street. Wardens: Mr. Whitmore and Mr. Grierson. Clerk:
Mr. Whitmore. Treasurer: Mr. William Grierson, 1510 Amy Ave.
(Whiting) Church School Supt.; Mr. F. H. Whitmore. Organizations:
Woman’s Guild, 15; Altar Guild, 10; Church School, 19.
ELKHART, St. John’s Church— Rector, The Rev. Leslie Skerry
Olsen, 116 S. Third Street. Wardens: Mr. Glenn R. Sawyer, 317 N.
Second Street; Mr. Paul W. Kerr, 819 Strong Avenue. Clerk: Mr.
Wayne R. Howard, 1506 Strong Avenue. Treasurer: Mr. Eugene R.
Ong, 225 Kenyon Ave. Missionary Treasurer, Mrs. Wayne Howard.
Organizations: Church School, 76; Woman’s Auxiliary and Guild, 55;
Youth Council, 20; St. Mary’s Circle, 47; St. Elizabeth’s Circle, 30;
Altar Guild, 19.
FORT WAYNE, Trinity Church — Rector, The Reverend J. Me-
Neal Wheatley, 617 W. Berry St., The Reverend Gail Colyer Brittain,
Curate, 617 W. Berry St. Wardens: Mr. Seth F. Green, 19 25
Florida Drive; Mr. W. H. Fritz, 825 Edgewater Ave. Clerk: Mr.
Ronald G. Stagg, 1712 Hawthorne Road. Treasurer: Mr. Green.
Church School Supt., Mr. R. G. Stagg. Organizations: Woman’s
Guild and Auxiliary, 25 0; Men’s Club, 120; St. Hugh’s Guild for
Acolytes, 21; Altar Guild, 48; Senior Choir, 34; St. Mary’s Guild, 31;
Church School, 15 4.
GARY, Christ Church — Rector, The Rev. J. E. Foster, 561 Adams
Street. Wardens: Dr. N. M. Campbell, 73 8 Broadway, Mr. Paul King,
1035 W. Fifth Street. Clerk: Mr. E. B. Yarrington, 530 Rosevelt St.
Treasurer: Mr. K. A. Parmalee, 1151 Ripley. Church School Supt.:
Mr. Roy M. Herold, 721 Buchanan. Organizations: St. Catherine’s
Guild, 30; St. Mary’s Guild, 12; St. Monica’s Guild, 16; Lamb’s Club,
18; Church School, 112.
GOSHEN, St. James’— Rector, The Rev. Leo K. D. Patterson, 218
East Lincoln Ave. Wardens: Mr. Milton M. Latta, 12 4 5 Wilson Ave.;
Mr. W. Dean Shanahan, 62 6 So. Seventh Street. Clerk: Mr. Charles
E. Harper, 511 S. Sixth Street. Treasurer: Mr. William C. Latta,
1 302 Wilson Avenue. Organizations: St. Hilda’s Guild, 17; St. Ther¬
esa's Guild, 9; Church School, 11.
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DIOCESE OF NORTHERN INDIANA
HAMMOND, St. Paul’s—
Wardens: Mr. S. C. Higgins, 6315 Marine Ave., Mr. John
Bolman, 6 63 5 Monroe Ave. Clerk: Mr. Theo. Eiselt, 12 5-1 5 7th St.,
Calumet City. Treasurer: Mr .Higgins. Church School Supt., Mr.
R. Barlow Smith, 74 26 Olcoff Ave. Organizations: The Choir, 21;
Acolyte Guild, 11; Altar Guild, 16; Woman’s Auxiliary, 22; Woman’s
Guild, 27; Mary and Martha’s Guild, 16; Vestry, 10; Tau Alpha Delta,
15; Church School, 5 6.
HOWE, St. Mark’s Church — Rector, The Rev. Robert J. Murphy,
D.D., Howe Military School, Howe, Indiana. Wardens: Mr. W. W.
Crandell, Major F. M. Little. Lay Reader: Co. B. B. Bouton. Clerk:
Mr. Charles Brown, Howe. Treasurer: Mr. Paul Atwater. Missions
Treasurer, Mr. W. H. W. Hardiman, Llowe. Organizations: Church
School, 24; Woman’s Auxiliary, 20; Young Churchmen, 13.
INDIANA HARBOR, St. Alban’s Church¬
wardens: Mr. Clement Reid, 423 Lilac St., East Chicago.
Mr. Harry Vaux, Clerk: Mr. John Templeton, 3734 Grand Blvd.,
Treasurer: Miss Jean Templeton, 3 7 34 Grand Blvd. Organizations:
Woman’s Guild, 11; Acolytes, 2.
KOKOMO, St. Andrew’s Church — Rector, The Rev. Gerald H.
Lewis, 6 02 W. Superior Street. Lay Readers: Mr. John Thompson,
73 9 S. Jay St., Mr. William H. Cox 1010 S. Webster. Wardens: Mr.
Gayl E. Cooper, 902 W. Sycamore, Mr. William C. Harshey, 418 S.
Armstrong Street. Clerk: Mr. Warren W. Ballantine, 4 27 Conradt
St. Treasurer: Mr. Sidney Golightly, 1121 E. Walnut St. Church
School Supt.. Mr. Ballantine. Organizations: St. Elizabeth’s Guild,
17; St. Andrew’s Guild, 10; Woman’s Auxiliary, 25; St. Agnes’ Guild,
11; Church Periodical Club; Altar Guild, 1; Church School, 5 8.
LAPORTE, St. Paul’s Church — The Rev. George J. Childs. 100 6
Michigan Ave. Lay Reader: Mr. Philip C. Childs, 311 Rose Street.
Wardens: Mr. Elwood Haun ,20 6 Jefferson Ave., Mr. F. B. Lewis,
1540 Michigan Ave. Clerk: Mr. Grant E. Birtch, 1919 Michigan Ave.
Treasurer: Mr. F. B. Lewis. Organizations: Woman’s Guild and Aux¬
iliary, 40; Altar Guild, 6; Acolytes, 7; Church School, 71.
LOGANSPORT, Trinity Church — Rector, The Rev. Clarence C.
Reimer, 319 Seventh St. Wardens: Mr. W. E. Ranke, 19 30 High St.,
Mr. Rupert Esser, 2511 North St. Clerk: Mr. J. R. Gustafson, 8 4-1 4th
St. Parish Treasurer: Mr. J. B. Simpson, 1101 East Broadway.
MARION, Gethsemane Church — Rector, The Rev. William C. R.
Sheridan, 819 S. Washington Street. Wardens: Mr. Lewis F. Cole,
1001 Euclid Ave., Mr. Wilmer Wilson, 73 5 W. Fifth Street. Clerk:
Mr. Arthur Brown, Sr., 103 North “F” Street. Treasurer: Mr. Lewis
F. Cole. Church School Supt.: Miss Mabel Cole, 1423 S. Boots Street.
Organizations: Woman’s Auxiliary, 48; Altar Guild, 8; Acolytes
Guild, 10; Girls’ Friendly Society, 20; Church School, 51; St. Martha’s
Guild, 5.
MICHIGAN CITY. Trinity Church — Rector, The Rev. Russell
G. Flagg, 614 Franklin Street. Wardens- Mr. Willem J S^ai^er,
214 E. Tenth St., Mr. W. E. Carpenter, 701 Spring St. Clerk: Mr.
Wallace Gilmore, 314 Earl Road. Treasurer: Mr. C. E. Mitchell, 243
Jackson St. Missionary Treasurer: Mr. Mitchell. Organizations:
Woman’s Auxiliary, 10; Order of St. Vincent, 17; Boy Scouts, 30;
Mariner Scouts, 11; Brownie Scouts, 20; Cub Scouts, 26; Young
People’s Fellowship, 20; Church School, 208.
FORTY-SEVENTH ANNUAL COUNCIL
63
MISHAWAKA, St. Paul’s Pro-Cathedral — Dean, The Very Rev¬
erend Erland L. Groton, 616 Lincoln Way East. Lay Reader: Mr.
Frank Bozarth, 307% Park Avenue. Wardens: Mr. Gerald Grove,
5 25 Clay St., Mr. Donald Hirsch, 217 E. Donaldson St. Clerk: Mr.
Wilfred Brubaker, 1502 E. Fourth St. Treasurer: Mrs. D. J. Camp¬
bell, 526 Lincoln Way East. Missionary Treasurer: Mrs. Campbell.
Organizations: Church School, 78; Girls’ Friendly Society, 12; St.
Vincent’s Acolytes Guild, 6; St. Anne’s Altar Guild, 18; Service
League, 25; Woman’s Auxiliary and Pro-Cathedral Guild, 30; Young
Churchmen, 28; Vestry, 8.
PERU, Trinity Church — Pr'est-in-char^e, The ReTr. Clarence C.
Reimer, Logansport, Indiana. Wardens: Mr. B. A. Smith, 301 E.
Fifth St., Mr. Walter A. O’Brian, 6 5 W. Sixth Street. Treasurer:
Mr. W. T. Crabb, 15 8 E. Third Street. Clerk: Mr. P. B. Nichelson,
222 E. Fifth St. Church School Supt. : Mrs. James McCutcheon, 30 6
S. Broadway. Organizations: Woman’s Guild, 25; Trinity Club, 12;
Acolytes Guild, 7; Altar Guild, 3; Church School, 20.
PLYMOUTH, St. Thomas’ Church — Rector,
Wardens: Mr. Rudolph V. Shakes, 222
N. Michigan St.: Mr. Charles O. MiRer. 614 S. Michigan St. Trea¬
surer: Mr. Rudolph V. Shakes. Clerk: Mr. Harry Lackey, 211 West
Jefferson St. Church School Supt.: Mr. Arthur Borne, 401 N. Plumb
St. Organizations: Parish Guild, 19; St. Mary’s Guild, 17; Acolytes
Guild, 10; Church School, 2 3.
SOUTH BEND, St. James’ Church — Rector, The Reverend Don
H. Copeland, 117 North Lafayette Blvd. Wardens: Mr. George U.
Bingham, 840 Park Avenue, Mr. Arthur L. May, 130 Park Lane.
Clerk: Mr. May. Treasurer: Mr. George Bingham. Parish Missions
Treasurer: Mr. George Bingham. Church School Supt.: Mr. F. S.
Sanford, 7 24 E. Cedar Street. Organizations: Boy Scouts, 15; Wo¬
man’s Guild and Auxiliary, 60; Altar Guild, 5; St. Elizabeth’s Guild,
10; St. Mary’s Guild, 20; Young Churchmen’s Society, 15; Acolytes,
10; Choir, 50; Vestry, 9; Church School, 6 8.
MISSION DIRECTORY
GARY, St. Augustine’s Mission — Priest-in-charge, The Rev. Dom
Paul Severance, O.S.B., St. Gregory’s House, Valparaiso. Under the
direction of the priest-in-charge, is ministered to by the Rev. Dom
Francis Hilary Bacon, O.S.B., same address. Lay Reader: Mr. Wil¬
liam P. Swan, 25 08 Jefferson St.. Gary. Treasurer: Mr. Clarence
Fitzgerald. 24 6 5 Jefferson St. Clerk: Mr. Fritz Alexander, 2 6 00
Harrison St. Treasurer: Mr. Clarence Fitzgerald, 24 65 Jefferson St.
Church School Supt.: Mr. Fitzgerald. Organizations: Ladies Guild,
11; Advisory Committee, 5.
GAS CITY, St. Paul’s Mission — Priest-in-charge, The Rev. Wil¬
liam C. R. Sheridan, Marion. Wardens: Mr. William G. Harris, E.
Ninth St., Jonesboro, Mr. Richard W. Thomas, 122 W. South “C” St.,
Gas City. Treasurer: Mr. Stanley F. Lewis, 303 S. “H” St., Gas City.
HARTFORD CITY, St. Luke’s Mission — Priest-in-charge, The
Rev. William C. R. Sheridan, Marion. Organizations: None.
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DIOCESE OF NORTHERN INDIANA
HOBART, St. Stephen’s Mission— Priest-in-charge, The Rev. Dom
Paul Severance, O.S.B., St. Gregory’s House, Valparaiso. Under the
direction of the priest-in-charge, is ministered to by the Rev. Dom
Francis Hilary Bacon, O.S.B., same address. Lay Reader: Mr. Ralph
J. Jones, Wheeler, Indiana. Treasurer: Mrs. Henry Janssen, 1141
Garfield, Hobart. Church School Supt. : Mrs. Ordes Myrick, 101 S.
Washington. Organizations: Woman’s Auxiliary and Guild, 10;
Church School, 12.
HOWE, St. James’ Chapel — Chaplain, The Rev. Robert J. Mur¬
phy, D.D. Lay Reader: Col. B. B. Bouton.
HUNTINGTON, Christ Church — Priest-in-charge, The Venerable
J. McNeal Wheatley, Fort Wayne.
KENDALLVILLE, Trinity Mission — Priest-in-charge, The Rev.
Leo K. D. Patterson, Goshen. No report submitted.
SOUTH BEND, Holy Trinity Hungarian Mission (Scentharomsag
Magyar) — Priest-in-charge, The Rev. Harold G. Kappes, 1116 West
Colfax Avenue. Rector Emeritus, The Rev. Edwin E. Smith, 214
LaPorte Aven., South Bend. Wardens: Mr. Frank Mohacsek, Sr.,
2121 W. Washington Ave., Mr. Alex Abroham, Jr., 401 Parkovash
Ave. Clerk: Mr. John Bernat, 1725 S. Franklin St. Treasurer: Mr.
Steve J. Molnar, 1117 North Huey St. Parish Missions Treasurer:
Mr. Molnar. Organizations: Hungarian Episcopal Society, 45; Serv¬
ants of Christ the King, 23; St. Elizabeth’s Altar Society, 13; Bishop
Gray Society, 14; Acolytes, 18; Church School, 3 7.
VALPARAISO, St. Andrew’s Mission — Priest-in-charge, The Rev.
Dom Paul Severance, O.S.B., St. Gregory’s Priory, 104 E. Erie St.
Curate: The Rev. Francis Hilary Bacon, O.S.B., St. Gregory’s Priory.
Lay Reader: Mr. Wiliam Dodd, Sr., 508 Institute St. Treasurer: Mr.
Dodd. Organizations: St. Ursula’s Guild, 21; Young People’s Fellow¬
ship, 12.
WAWASEE, All Saints’ (Summer Chapel) — The Bishop and the
Rev. Leo K. D. Patterson, Goshen. Treasurer: Mrs. Matt Abts, R.R. 3,
Vawter Park, Syracuse, Indiana. Parish Missions Treasurer: Mrs.
Abts. Organizations: Church School, 10.
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66 DIOCESE OF NORTHERN, INDIANA
ABSTRACT OF PAROCHIAL REPORTS
Baptisms
Confirmations
Marriages
Burials
Con¬
gregation
Com¬
municants
Daily
and
Children
Adults
Total
Confirmed
Persons
Church Members
Last Reported
Present Number
Sundays
Auburn, St. Elizabeth .
NO
REPORT
Bristol, St. John’s .
3
1
4
3
0
2
34
54
39
34
24
Delphi, St. Mary’s .
0
0
0
0
0
1
14
14
15
14
36
E. Chicago, Good Shepherd.
3
0
3
0
1
3
181
220
180
181
0
Elkhart, St. John’s .
28
7
35
27
5
15
528
657
481
528
36
Fort Wayne, Trinity .
32
20
52
33
12
19
1005
1324
955
1005
69
Gary, Christ Church .
28
3
31
10
4
13
426
634
422
426
24
Gary, St. Augustine’s .
3
1
4
0
0
1
47
57
51
47
0
Gas City, St. Paul’s .
0
0
0
0
0
“0
47
54
47
41
0
Goshen. St. James’ .
3
0
3
6
5
3
129
181
94
129
26
Hammond, St. Paul’s .
19
2
21
12
6
16
386
371
369
374
27
Hartford City, St. Luke’s. .
NO
REPORT
Hobart, St. Stephen’s .
1
0
1
0
0
1
40
67
31
30
0
Howe, St. Mark’s .
11
1
12
9
0
0
93
111
89
93
32
Howe, St. Janies .
5
0
5
20
2
0
....
....
....
....
32
Huntington, Christ Church.
NO
REPORT
Ind.. Harbor, St. Alban’s . . .
1
0
1
0
0
3
N.R.
N.R.
51
N.R.
12
Kendallville, Trinity .
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Kokomo, St. Andrew’s ....
18
0
18
5
1
10
249
429
277
249
48
LaPorte, St. Paul’s .
13
0
13
8
1
10
209
299
179
182
47
Logansport, Trinity .
6
2
8
6
4
6
120
160
102
25
Marion, Gethsemane .
Q
O
0
3
0
0
0
164
246
168
164
51
Michigan City, Trinity....
18
1
19
1
9
5
490
671
445
438
93
Mishawaka, St. Paul’s .
13
7
20
21
3
11
246
378
240
246
131
Peru, Trinity .
2
0
2
0
1
4
140
164
124
110
7
Plymouth, St. Thomas’. . . .
3
2
5
12
0
2
167
188
119
131
20
South Bend, St. James’. .. .
21
11
32
23
26
15
680
885
653
670
52
South Bend, Trinity .
7
2
9
3
3
0
163
199
139
133
23
Valparaiso, St. Andrew’s..
2
0
2
0
0
1
68
101
71
72
3
Wawasee, All Saints’ .
0
0
0
....
....
....
1
Scattered .
0
0
0
0
0
0
21
28
0
21
0
Totals .
243
60
303
199
83
141
5647
7492
5239
5420
819
FORTY-SEVENTH ANNUAL COUNCIL 67
SPIRITUALITIES FOR THE YEAR
1944
Offices
Services
Holy
Communions
xn
Sh
02
Other Days
Total
Sundays
Other Days
Total
Bible Classes
&
o
a
a>
Eh
S3
cd
02
<D
o
0
O
Pupils
Total
Sitting in Church
All Free
9
33
29
5
34
0
1
9
10
100
Auburn, St. Elizabeth. ....
Bristol, St. John’s .
0
36
0
12
12
0
0
0
0
0
Delphi, St. Mary’s .
35
35
104
90
194
0
2
17
19
125
E. Chicago, Good Shepherd.
44
80
74
51
125
0
8
68
76
350
Elkhart, St. John’s .
41
111
131
79
210
0
24
132
156
500
Fort Wayne, Trinity .
20
44
67
18
85
0
11
101
112
300
Gary, Christ Church .
9
9
53
6
59
0
0
0
0
50
Gary, St. Augustine’s .
0
0
51
0
51
0
0
0
0
85
Gas City, St. Paul’s .
105
131
95
192
287
0
2
8
10
300
Goshen, St. James’ .
13
40
88
23
111
0
11
45
56
190
Hammond, St. Paul’s .
7
7
3
4
57
0
O
o
12
15
40
Hartford City, St. Luke’s. .
Hobart, St. Stephen’s .
128
160
100
171
271
0
4
20
24
......
Howe, St. Mark’s .
128
160
100
171
271
....
_ _ _ _
Howe, St. James .
0
12
40
5
45
0
0
0
0
150
Huntington, Christ Church.
Ind.. Harbor, St. Alban’s. . .
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Kendallville, Trinity .
10
58
104
17
121
0
8
50
58
145
Kokomo, St. Andrew’s ....
33
80
66
50
116
0
12
59
70
225
LaPorte, St. Paul’s .
10
35
83
27
110
0
4
20
24
200
Logansport, Trinity .
24
74
90
10
100
0
6
45
51
218
Marion, Gethsemane .
137
230
74
114
188
0
24
184
208
300
Michigan City, Trinity....
40
171
104
100
204
0
7
71
78
200
Mishawaka, St. Paul’s .
8
15
45
50
95
0
4
16
20
125
Peru, Trinity . .
1
21
80
16
96
0
5
18
23
300
Plymouth, St. Thomas’. . . .
70
122
86
116
202
0
11
57
68
360
South Bend, St. James’. .. .
31
54
102
115
227
0
3
34
37
100
South Bend, Trinity .
4
7
52
11
63
0
0
0
0
150
Valparaiso, St. Andrew’s..
2
3
11
23
34
0
1
9
10
75
Wawasee, All Saints’ .
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Scattered . .
909
1728
1832
1476
3368
0
151
975
1125
4588
68
DIOCESE OF NORTHERN INDIANA
RECEIPTS FOR
f
Balance of Last Year
For Parish Support
Communion Alms
Special Parochial
Purposes
Diocesan and General
Auburn, St. Elizabeth .
NO REPORT
•
Bristol St John’s .
Delphi, St. Mary’s .
584.70
E. Chicago, Good Shepherd.
264.10
2,731.92
8.84
26.16
Elkhart, St. John’s .
440.32
9,088.63
97.81
1,127.02
Fort Wayne, Trinity .
292.30
20,417.98
497.34
537.85
2,643.59
Gary, Christ Church .
323.01
6,743.61
70.96
2,505.84
325.09
Gary, St. Augustine’s .
56.86
420.05
183.07
35.29
Gas City, St. Paul’s .
474.76
788.20
37.00
Goshen, St. James’ .
99.59
2,774.76
149.74
165.87
Hammond, St. Paul’s .
1,649.61
3,086.40
127.87
2,984.73
472.10
Hartford City, St. Luke’s. .
Hobart, St. Stephen’s .
30.91
282.59
257.20
25.00
Howe, St. Mark’s .
97.96
776.60
91.97
155.01
Huntington, Christ Church.
NO REPORT
Ind. Harbor St Alban’s
764.38
Kendallville, Trinity .
NO REPORT
Kokomo, St. Andrew’s ....
433.82
4,230.21
519.33
LaPorte, St. Paul’s .
985.97
4,365.49
83.96
102.94
376.49
Logansport, Trinity .
167.90
3,535.08
677.40
Marion, Gethsemane ......
376.54
3,217.38
1,851.50
536.58
Michigan City, Trinity....
683.98
8,361.50
3,007.61
1,115.90
Mishawaka, St. Paul’s .
710.25
5,584.50
183.95
183.95
825.38
Peru, Trinity .
286.11
2,197.59
209.36
124.80
Plymouth, St. Thomas’. . . .
255.57
2,970.94
228.50
117.57
South Bend, St. James’. . . .
781.92
12,440.63
354.85
2,438.47
1,870.66
South Bend, Trinity .
288.83
2,315.74
538.89
Valparaiso, St. Andrew’s..
514.70
940.29
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69
THE YEAR 1944
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10,655.97
1,679.02
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2,533.72
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9,968.59
568.00
300.00
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1,299.96
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8,320.71
460.00
595.70
411.86
257.20
1,121.54
223.04 ..
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5,183.35
5,914.87
4,212.48
6,982.00
13,168.99
7,304.08
2,817.86
3,317.01
17,886.53
763.13
1,572.08
350.00 ..
763.13
479.43
1,330.87
793.34
1,062.29 ..
480.24
793.34
1,400.00
213.32
414.03 ..
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3,143.46
1,071.91 ..
1,454.99
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13,282.71 2,362.00 150,567.64 15,250.20 4,968.34
Auburn, St. Elizabeth. . . .
Bristol, St. John’s .
Delphi, St. Mary’s .
E. Chicago, Good Shepherd
Elkhart, St. John’s .
Fort Wayne, Trinity .
Gary, Christ Church .
Gary, St. Augustine’s....
Gas City, St. Paul’s .
Goshen, St. James’ .
Hammond, St. Paul’s .
Hartford City, St. Luke’s.
Hobart, St. Stephen’s....
Howe, St. Mark’s .
Huntington, Christ Church
Ind.. Harbor, St. Alban’s . .
Kendallville, Trinity .
Kokomo, St. Andrew’s . . .
LaPorte, St. Paul’s .
Logansport, Trinity .
Marion, Gethsemane .
Michigan City, Trinity...
Mishawaka, St. Paul’s. . . .
Peru, Trinity .
Plymouth, St. Thomas’. . .
South Bend, St. James’. . .
South Bend, Trinity .
Valparaiso, St. Andrew’s.
Wawase°, All Saints’....
Scattered .
70
DIOCESE OF NORTHERN INDIANA
DISBURSEMENTS FOR
Current Expenses
Including Salary
of Rector
Salary of Rector
Church Pension
Fund
Diocesan Assessment
Communion Alms
Special Parochial
Purposes
Auburn, St. Elizabeth. . . .
NO REPORT
Bristol, St. John’s .
NO REPORT
Delphi, St. Mary’s .
304.14
160.00
18.00
46.01
55.65
E. Chicago, Good Shepherd
2,486.75
1,800.00
138.75
216.89
20.79
Elkhart, St. John’s .
5,932.95
3,025.00
256.66
552.68
537.88
Fort Wayne, Trinity .
11,822.16
3,850.00
341.26
1,565.53
497.34
1,638.60
Gary, Christ Church .
5,949.93
4,000.00
350.04
375.00
41.70
1,791.78
Gary, St. Augustine’s. . . .
245.12
12.10
262.86
Gas City, St. Paul’s .
304.14
250.00
43.90
Goshen, St. James’ .
1,992.55
1,200.00
105.00
250.97
469.25
Hammond, St. Paul’s .
3,341.77
2,100.00
183.75
375.96
127.87
259.92
Hartford City, St. Luke’s.
NO REPORT
Hobart, St. Stephen’s....
292.54
120.00
9.00
32.85
5.00
Howe, St. Mark’s .
458.40
400.00
60.69
25.50
Huntington, Christ Church
NO REPORT
Ind,. Harbor, St. Aloan’s. .
352.74
3.54
Kendallville, Trinity .
NO REPORT
Kokomo, St. Andrew’s . . .
2,976.83
1,680.00
146.99
406.66
213.27
LaPorte, St. Paul’s .
2,635.40
1,800.00
157.78
385.16
83.98
442.37
Logansport, Trinity .
3,013.73
1,500.00
109.40
590.27
Marion, Gethsemane .
2,339.78
1,440.00
10.91
258.74
878.11
Michigan City, Trinity...
5,390.62
3,000.00
284.34
626.03
893.03
Mishawaka, St. Paul’s. . . .
4,334.59
2,000.00
176.46
416.41
183.95
903.30
Peru, Trinity .
1,243.02
600.00
39.00
770.50
Plymouth, St. Thomas’. . .
1,827.46
1,650.00
297.18
108.51
South Bend, St. James’...
9,003.55
4,200.00
348.38
1,061.70
354.85
2,862.48
South Bend, Trinity .
1,005.52
600.00
48.84
100.77
389.87
Valparaiso, St. Andrew’s.
370.49
240.00
18.03
56.31
471.66
Wawasee, All Saints’....
67.20
3.81
42.05
Scattered .
13.96
Totals .
67,705.34
34,115.00
2,742.55
7,133.25
1,301.79
13,636.19
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FORTY-SEVENTH ANNUAL COUNCIL
71
THE YEAR 1944
37.50
250.00
1,123.31
1,500.00
3,116.30
1,231.13
16,533.59
325.09
9.76
37.00
223.02
1,543.46
472.10
1,800.00
28.50
185.00
138.24
15.00
496.27 400.00
686.66 . 50.00
26.10 .
614.38 1,000.00
1,115.90 3,400.00
752.65 .
265.72 .
117.57 1,459.12 700.00
2,054.16 557.91
585.29 1,000.00
55.00 .
12,295.52 2,875.25 28,334.96
423.80
160.90
584.70
3,150.68
180.34
3,331.02
9,903.48
752.49
10,655.97
36,745.91
44.40
36,790.31
8,833.54
1,135.05
9,968.59
563.89
131.38
695.27
385.04
914.92
1,299.96
4,584.05
149.37
4,733.42
6,650.37
1,669.34
8,320.71
552.89
42.81
595.70
682.83
438.71
1,121.54
371.28
4,640.02
543.34
5,183.36
4,441.38
1,473.52
5,914.87
3,739.55
640.83
4,380.38
5,101.92
1,880.08
6,982.00
11,709.92
1,459.07
13,168.99
6,767.36
536.72
7,304.08
2,318.24
499.62
2,817.86
4,509.84
462.74
4,972.58
16,243.03
1,643.50
17,886.53
3,130.29
13.17
3,143.46
971.49
486.50
1,457.99
113.06
193.52
306.58
13.96
13.96
136,547.82 15,452.32 151,639.83
Auburn, St. Elizabeth _
Bristol, St. John’s .
Delphi, St. Mary’s .
E. Chicago, Good Shepherd
Elkhart, St. John’s .
Fort Wayne, Trinity .
Gary, Christ Church .
Gary, St. Augustine’s....
Gas City, St. Paul’s .
Goshen, St. James’ .
Hammond, St. Paul’s .
Hartford City, St. Luke’s.
Hobart, St. Stephen’s. . . .
Howe, St. Mark’s .
Huntington, Christ Church
Ind. Harbor, St. Alban’s. .
Kendallville, Trinity .
Kokomo, St. Andrew’s . . .
LaPorte, St. Paul’s .
Logansport, Trinity .
Marion, Gethsemane .
Michigan City, Trinity...
Mishawaka, St. Paul’s. . . .
Peru, Trinity .
Plymouth, St. Thomas’ . . .
South Bend, St. James’...
South Bend, Trinity .
Valparaiso, St. Andrew’s.
Wawasee, All Saints’....
Scattered .
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Auburn, St. Elizabeth . NO REPORT
Bristol, St. John’s .
3,650.00
1,850.00
200.00
500.00
200.00
Delphi, St. Mary’s .
E. Chicago, Good Shepherd
3,800.00
2,550.00
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Elkhart, St. John’s .
76,500.00
6,000.00
10,000.00
5,900.00
Fort Wayne, Trinity .
250,000.00
25,000.00
50,000.00
30,000.00
125,000.00
Gary, Christ Church .
81,250.00
5,000.00
20,000.00
20,000.00
150.00
3,500.00
Gary, St. Augustine’s. . . .
3,500.00
1,500.00
700.00
Gas City, St. Paul’s .
5,000.00
300.00
1,000.00
Goshen, St. James’ .
20,000.00
3,000.00
5,000.00
3000.00
5,000.00
Hammond, St. Paul’s .
50,000.00
12,000.00
7,000.00
4,000.00
Hartford City, St. Luke’s.
NO REPORT
Hobart, St. Stephen’s. . . .
2,250.00
500.00
Howe, St. Mark’s .
1,300.00
300.00
Huntington, Christ Church
NO REPORT
Ind.. Harbor, St. Alban’s. .
NO REPORT
Kendallville, Trinity ....
3,500.00
350.00
250.00
Kokomo, St. Andrew’s . . .
10,000.00
15,000.00
3,500.00
LaPorte, St. Paul’s .
40,000.00
4,000.00
2,000.00
2,000.00
1,000.00
Logansport, Trinity .
NO REPORT
Marion, Gethsemane .
18,000.00
3,500.00
1,500.00
4,000.00
Michigan City, Trinity...
100,000.00
20,000.00
260,000.00
55,500.00
Mishawaka, St. Paul’s. . . .
10,000 00
3,200.00
3,000.00
2,500.00
Peru, Trinity .
40,000.00
7,500.00
4, 000. CO
Plymouth, St. Thomas’. . .
40,000.00
4,000.00
2,500.00
10,000.00
3,500.00
South Bend, St. James’. . .
75,000.00
4,000.00
32,000.00
15,000.00
South Bend, Trinity .
15.000.00
3,000.00
3,500.00
1,800.00
Valparaiso, St. Andrew’s.
7,200.00
2,500.00
3,500.00
1,000.00
Wawasee, All Saints’....
7,000.00
1,500.00
4,000.00
500.00
Scattered
Totals . . .
861.650.00
95,750.00
93,6 5 0.00 1 44,150.00 263.i50.oo 238,850.00
FORTY-SEVENTH ANNUAL COUNCIL
73
PROPERTY — DECEMBER 31, 1944
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6,550.00
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55,000.00
101,400.00
1,665.75
480,000.00
103,000.00
26.150.00
129,900.00
88,000.00
5.700.00 _ _
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3,000.00
36,000.00
29,000.00
6,000.00
73,500.00
53,000.00
2,750.00
1,000.00
1,600.00
1,600.00
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28,500.00
15,500.00
49,000.00
47,000.00
29,000.00
10,500.00
3,200.00
435,500.00
268,800.00
18,700.00
15,000.00
500.00
51,500.00
33,500.00
60,000.00
20,600.00
6,300.00
130,000.00
63,000.00
3,680.87
9,800.00
5,600.00
9,444.43
14,200.00
8,800.00
13,000.00
3,200.00
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Auburn, St. Elizabeth
Bristol, St. John’s. . . .
Delphi, St. Mary’s. . . .
E. Chicago, Good Shepherd
Elkhart, St. John’s .
Fort Wayne, Trinity. . . .
Gary, Christ Church .
Gary, Si. Augustine’s...
Gas City, St. Paul’s .
Goshen, St. James’ .
Hammond, St. Paul’s. . . .
Hartford City, St. Luke’s
Hobart, St. Stephen’s...
Howe, St. Mark’s .
Huntington, Christ Church
In A Harbor, St. Alban’s.
Kendallville, Trinity..
Kokomo, St. Andrew’s
LaPorte, St. Paul’s. . . .
Logansport, Trinity . . .
darion, Gethsemane . .
Michigan City, Trinity
Mishawaka, St. Paul’s.
Peru, Trinity .
Plymouth, St. Thomas’
South Bend, St. James’
South Bend, Trinity. . .
Valparaiso, St. Andrew
Wawasee, All Saints’
Scattered .
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